Jane Beryl Wilde
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Jane Beryl Wilde is a British author and educator best known as the first wife of physicist Stephen Hawking and for her memoir about their life together.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jane Beryl Wilde canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1927657 — 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: Jane Beryl Wilde Context triple: [Jane Wilde Hawking, birthName, Jane Beryl Wilde]
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A.
Emily Davies
Emily Davies was a pioneering British feminist and educational reformer who played a key role in opening university education to women in the 19th century.
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B.
Anne Boulton
Anne Boulton was the wife of prominent English industrialist and manufacturer Matthew Boulton, associated with the early Industrial Revolution in Birmingham.
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C.
Elizabeth Hodgkin
Elizabeth Hodgkin is the daughter of Nobel Prize–winning chemist and crystallographer Dorothy Hodgkin.
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D.
Janet Sewell
Janet Sewell is a songwriter best known for co-writing Alicia Keys’ hit ballad “Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down.”
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E.
Jean Wilkinson
Jean Wilkinson was the wife of Scottish radar pioneer Sir Robert Watson-Watt, noted in historical records primarily through this association.
- 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: Jane Beryl Wilde Target entity description: Jane Beryl Wilde is a British author and educator best known as the first wife of physicist Stephen Hawking and for her memoir about their life together.
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A.
Emily Davies
Emily Davies was a pioneering British feminist and educational reformer who played a key role in opening university education to women in the 19th century.
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B.
Anne Boulton
Anne Boulton was the wife of prominent English industrialist and manufacturer Matthew Boulton, associated with the early Industrial Revolution in Birmingham.
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C.
Elizabeth Hodgkin
Elizabeth Hodgkin is the daughter of Nobel Prize–winning chemist and crystallographer Dorothy Hodgkin.
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D.
Janet Sewell
Janet Sewell is a songwriter best known for co-writing Alicia Keys’ hit ballad “Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down.”
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E.
Jean Wilkinson
Jean Wilkinson was the wife of Scottish radar pioneer Sir Robert Watson-Watt, noted in historical records primarily through this association.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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book ⓘ book ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Jane Hawking
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linked to:
Jane Wilde Hawking
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| author |
Jane Beryl Wilde
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Jane Beryl Wilde ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of London
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Westfield College ⓘ |
| familyName |
Wilde
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linked to:
Oscar Wilde
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| fieldOfWork |
education
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
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memoir ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Jane ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Lucy Hawking
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Robert Hawking ⓘ Timothy Hawking ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
The Theory of Everything (2014 film)
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linked to:
The Theory of Everything
|
| language |
English
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Jane Beryl Wilde ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first wife of physicist Stephen Hawking ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Music to Move the Stars: A Life with Stephen
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Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
educator ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Jane Beryl Wilde
ⓘ
Stephen Hawking ⓘ |
| spouseEndTime | 1995 ⓘ |
| spouseStartTime | 1965 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jane Beryl Wilde Description of subject: Jane Beryl Wilde is a British author and educator best known as the first wife of physicist Stephen Hawking and for her memoir about their life together.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Jane Beryl Wilde
subject linked to:
Jane Beryl Wilde
subject linked to:
Jane Beryl Wilde