Margaret Fay Shaw
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Margaret Fay Shaw was an American-born folklorist, photographer, and collector of Scottish Gaelic song and culture, renowned for her influential work documenting the traditions of the Hebrides.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Margaret Fay Shaw canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T578279 — 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: Margaret Fay Shaw Context triple: [Canna, donatedBy, Margaret Fay Shaw]
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A.
Margaret Eva Watson
Margaret Eva Watson was the wife of Herbert Hoover Jr., an engineer and businessman and the elder son of U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
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B.
Margaret Moffette Lea
Margaret Moffette Lea was the second wife of Texas statesman Sam Houston and a prominent 19th-century Southern woman known for her influence on his personal life and religious convictions.
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C.
Muriel Whiting
Muriel Whiting was the wife of British Royal Air Force commander Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, noted for his leadership during the Battle of Britain.
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D.
Flora Hewlett
Flora Hewlett was a philanthropist whose legacy is honored through the naming of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a major charitable organization.
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E.
Aileen Britton
Aileen Britton was an Australian actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre during the mid-20th century.
- 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: Margaret Fay Shaw Target entity description: Margaret Fay Shaw was an American-born folklorist, photographer, and collector of Scottish Gaelic song and culture, renowned for her influential work documenting the traditions of the Hebrides.
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A.
Margaret Eva Watson
Margaret Eva Watson was the wife of Herbert Hoover Jr., an engineer and businessman and the elder son of U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
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B.
Margaret Moffette Lea
Margaret Moffette Lea was the second wife of Texas statesman Sam Houston and a prominent 19th-century Southern woman known for her influence on his personal life and religious convictions.
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C.
Muriel Whiting
Muriel Whiting was the wife of British Royal Air Force commander Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, noted for his leadership during the Battle of Britain.
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D.
Flora Hewlett
Flora Hewlett was a philanthropist whose legacy is honored through the naming of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a major charitable organization.
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E.
Aileen Britton
Aileen Britton was an Australian actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American-born person
ⓘ
collector of Scottish Gaelic song ⓘ ethnomusicologist ⓘ folklorist ⓘ photographer ⓘ |
| archiveDonatedTo | National Trust for Scotland ⓘ |
| archiveHeldAt | Canna House, Isle of Canna ⓘ |
| birthName | Margaret Fay Shaw ⓘ |
| collectedFromRegion |
Inner Hebrides
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Outer Hebrides ⓘ South Uist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1903-11-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2004-12-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Bryn Mawr College
ⓘ
New England Conservatory of Music ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Scottish Gaelic folklore
ⓘ
ethnomusicology ⓘ photography ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | folk song collection ⓘ |
| hasNotablePhotographicSubject |
Scottish Gaelic singers
ⓘ
daily life in the Hebrides ⓘ |
| influenced |
documentation of Hebridean folklore
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study of Scottish Gaelic song ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collecting Scottish Gaelic songs in the Hebrides
ⓘ
documenting Hebridean traditional culture ⓘ photographic record of life in the Hebrides ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| laterNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| livedOn | Isle of Canna ⓘ |
| livedWith | John Lorne Campbell ⓘ |
| name | Margaret Fay Shaw ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist ⓘ |
| occupation |
collector of folk music
ⓘ
folklorist ⓘ photographer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Glenshaw, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
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linked to:
South Uist
|
| religion |
Presbyterianism
ⓘ
linked to:
Presbyterian
|
| residence |
Canna, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
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linked to:
Isle of Canna
South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland ⓘ
linked to:
South Uist
|
| spouse | John Lorne Campbell ⓘ |
| workedOn |
documentation of South Uist oral tradition
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recording of Scottish Gaelic songs ⓘ |
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