Matthew Parker
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Matthew Parker was a 16th-century English Archbishop of Canterbury known for helping shape the Elizabethan Religious Settlement and overseeing the development of the Anglican Church.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Matthew Parker canonical | 18 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2026888 — 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: Matthew Parker Context triple: [Parker, hasNotableBearer, Matthew Parker]
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A.
Matthew Fuller
Matthew Fuller is a descendant of filmmaker Samuel Fuller, known primarily in relation to his famous relative.
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B.
John Owen
John Owen was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan theologian and pastor known for his influential writings on Reformed doctrine and Christian spirituality.
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C.
John Robinson
John Robinson was an influential early 17th-century English Separatist pastor and theologian best known for guiding the Pilgrim Fathers who later founded Plymouth Colony in New England.
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D.
Gilbert Sheldon
Gilbert Sheldon was a 17th-century English Archbishop of Canterbury and influential churchman who played a key role in restoring and shaping the Church of England after the English Civil War.
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E.
Stephen Cottrell
Stephen Cottrell is a senior Church of England bishop who serves as the Archbishop of York, the second-highest office in the Anglican hierarchy.
- 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: Matthew Parker Target entity description: Matthew Parker was a 16th-century English Archbishop of Canterbury known for helping shape the Elizabethan Religious Settlement and overseeing the development of the Anglican Church.
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A.
Matthew Fuller
Matthew Fuller is a descendant of filmmaker Samuel Fuller, known primarily in relation to his famous relative.
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B.
John Owen
John Owen was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan theologian and pastor known for his influential writings on Reformed doctrine and Christian spirituality.
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C.
John Robinson
John Robinson was an influential early 17th-century English Separatist pastor and theologian best known for guiding the Pilgrim Fathers who later founded Plymouth Colony in New England.
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D.
Gilbert Sheldon
Gilbert Sheldon was a 17th-century English Archbishop of Canterbury and influential churchman who played a key role in restoring and shaping the Church of England after the English Civil War.
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E.
Stephen Cottrell
Stephen Cottrell is a senior Church of England bishop who serves as the Archbishop of York, the second-highest office in the Anglican hierarchy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century English theologian
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Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ English Anglican priest ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Elizabeth I of England ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1504-08-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kingdom of England
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Norfolk ⓘ Norwich ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Lambeth Palace ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Elizabethan Religious Settlement
ⓘ
linked to:
Elizabethan religious settlement
establishment of Anglican via media ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1575-05-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
Lambeth Palace ⓘ London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| educatedAt |
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
|
| era |
English Reformation
ⓘ
linked to:
Henrician Reformation
|
| familyName | Parker ⓘ |
| fullName | Matthew Parker ⓘ |
| givenName | Matthew ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collecting and preserving early English manuscripts
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influencing Anglican ecclesiology and liturgy ⓘ overseeing development of the Elizabethan Church of England ⓘ shaping the Elizabethan Religious Settlement ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Latin ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm | Elizabeth I of England ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | Parker Library manuscript collection ⓘ |
| occupation |
clergyman
ⓘ
scholar ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1575 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1559 ⓘ |
| patronOf | scholarship at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ |
| predecessor | Reginald Pole ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglicanism (broadly)
Protestantism ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| spouse | Margaret Harlestone ⓘ |
| successor | Edmund Grindal ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | moderate Protestant ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Matthew Parker Description of subject: Matthew Parker was a 16th-century English Archbishop of Canterbury known for helping shape the Elizabethan Religious Settlement and overseeing the development of the Anglican Church.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Archbishop Matthew Parker
subject linked to:
the Parker Chronicle
subject linked to:
the Parker Chronicle