Luke Hodgkin
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Luke Hodgkin is a British mathematician and historian of mathematics, known for his work on the social and historical context of mathematical development.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Luke Hodgkin canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T561023 — 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: Luke Hodgkin Context triple: [Dorothy Hodgkin, hasChild, Luke Hodgkin]
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A.
Graeme Revell
Graeme Revell is a New Zealand-born composer best known for his atmospheric film scores across genres including horror, action, and science fiction.
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B.
Colin Goudie
Colin Goudie is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the fantasy action movie "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword."
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C.
Andrew Humphrey
Andrew Humphrey was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to become Chief of the Air Staff and later Chief of the Defence Staff in the United Kingdom.
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D.
Derek Dowding
Derek Dowding was a Royal Air Force officer and the son of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding, noted for his own distinguished service in military aviation.
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E.
Tom Hugh-Jones
Tom Hugh-Jones is a British television producer and filmmaker best known for his work on high-profile nature documentaries, including the BBC series Planet Earth II.
- 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: Luke Hodgkin Target entity description: Luke Hodgkin is a British mathematician and historian of mathematics, known for his work on the social and historical context of mathematical development.
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A.
Graeme Revell
Graeme Revell is a New Zealand-born composer best known for his atmospheric film scores across genres including horror, action, and science fiction.
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B.
Colin Goudie
Colin Goudie is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the fantasy action movie "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword."
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C.
Andrew Humphrey
Andrew Humphrey was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to become Chief of the Air Staff and later Chief of the Defence Staff in the United Kingdom.
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D.
Derek Dowding
Derek Dowding was a Royal Air Force officer and the son of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding, noted for his own distinguished service in military aviation.
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E.
Tom Hugh-Jones
Tom Hugh-Jones is a British television producer and filmmaker best known for his work on high-profile nature documentaries, including the BBC series Planet Earth II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historian of mathematics
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Oxford
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University of Warwick ⓘ |
| employer | King’s College London ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
history of mathematics
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mathematics ⓘ |
| genre |
mathematics history
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
articles on the history of mathematics
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essays on mathematics education and society ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | work on the social and historical context of mathematical development ⓘ |
| notableWork | A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian of mathematics
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mathematician ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
lecturer in history of mathematics
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lecturer in mathematics ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
historical development of mathematics
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mathematics and society ⓘ social context of mathematics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Luke Hodgkin Description of subject: Luke Hodgkin is a British mathematician and historian of mathematics, known for his work on the social and historical context of mathematical development.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.