Spencer de Grey
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Spencer de Grey is a prominent British architect and senior partner at Foster + Partners, known for his leadership in major international architectural projects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spencer de Grey canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1603088 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spencer de Grey Context triple: [Foster + Partners, keyPerson, Spencer de Grey]
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A.
Geoffrey Smith
Geoffrey Smith is an Australian Anglican archbishop who serves as the national leader (Primate) of the Anglican Church of Australia.
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B.
Ronald Villency
Ronald Villency is the son of American television news personality and political commentator Kimberly Guilfoyle.
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C.
Sir Paul Nurse
Sir Paul Nurse is a Nobel Prize–winning British geneticist and cell biologist renowned for his discoveries on cell cycle regulation and his leadership of major scientific institutions.
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D.
Giles Hopkins
Giles Hopkins was a Mayflower passenger and early settler in Plymouth Colony, known as the son of fellow passenger Stephen Hopkins.
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E.
Charles Fairburn
Charles Fairburn was a British railway engineer best known for his tenure as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the mid-20th century, during which he oversaw the design and development of several notable steam and electric locomotives.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spencer de Grey Target entity description: Spencer de Grey is a prominent British architect and senior partner at Foster + Partners, known for his leadership in major international architectural projects.
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A.
Geoffrey Smith
Geoffrey Smith is an Australian Anglican archbishop who serves as the national leader (Primate) of the Anglican Church of Australia.
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B.
Ronald Villency
Ronald Villency is the son of American television news personality and political commentator Kimberly Guilfoyle.
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C.
Sir Paul Nurse
Sir Paul Nurse is a Nobel Prize–winning British geneticist and cell biologist renowned for his discoveries on cell cycle regulation and his leadership of major scientific institutions.
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D.
Giles Hopkins
Giles Hopkins was a Mayflower passenger and early settler in Plymouth Colony, known as the son of fellow passenger Stephen Hopkins.
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E.
Charles Fairburn
Charles Fairburn was a British railway engineer best known for his tenure as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the mid-20th century, during which he oversaw the design and development of several notable steam and electric locomotives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British architect
ⓘ
architect ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th-century architecture
ⓘ
21st-century architecture ⓘ |
| architecturalFirm | Foster + Partners ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
ⓘ
Royal Institute of British Architects awards with Foster + Partners ⓘ |
| basedIn |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Architectural Association School of Architecture
ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
|
| employer | Foster + Partners ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
ⓘ
urban design ⓘ |
| genre |
high-tech architecture
ⓘ
sustainable architecture ⓘ |
| hasCollaboratedWith |
Ken Shuttleworth
ⓘ
Norman Foster ⓘ |
| hasRole | design leadership at Foster + Partners ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Institute of British Architects ⓘ |
| nationality | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| notableFor |
airport terminal design
ⓘ
complex urban projects ⓘ large-scale infrastructure projects ⓘ museum and gallery projects ⓘ |
| notableRole | leadership in major international architectural projects ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 (as part of Foster + Partners team)
ⓘ
Commerzbank Tower (as part of Foster + Partners team) ⓘ
linked to:
Commerzbank Tower
Great Court at the British Museum ⓘ
linked to:
British Museum Great Court
Hong Kong International Airport (Chek Lap Kok) ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong International Airport
London City Hall (as part of Foster + Partners team) ⓘ Masdar City masterplan (as part of Foster + Partners team) ⓘ
linked to:
Masdar City masterplan
Millennium Bridge design team (Foster + Partners with Arup and others) ⓘ
linked to:
Ove Arup & Partners
Reichstag New German Parliament building refurbishment (as part of Foster + Partners team) ⓘ
linked to:
Reichstag building
Sackler Galleries at the Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ Stansted Airport terminal building ⓘ
linked to:
Stansted Airport
Wembley Stadium redevelopment design team (Foster + Partners with others) ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
joint head of design at Foster + Partners
ⓘ
senior partner at Foster + Partners ⓘ |
| worksFor | Foster + Partners ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Spencer de Grey Description of subject: Spencer de Grey is a prominent British architect and senior partner at Foster + Partners, known for his leadership in major international architectural projects.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.