Teobert Maler
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Teobert Maler was an Austrian-born explorer, photographer, and archaeologist known for his pioneering documentation of ancient Maya ruins in Mexico and Central America.
All labels observed (1)
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| Teobert Maler canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2181243 — 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: Teobert Maler Context triple: [Cobá, surveyedBy, Teobert Maler]
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A.
Ferdinand Hodler
Ferdinand Hodler was a Swiss painter known for his symbolist and monumental figurative works that significantly influenced modern art in Central Europe.
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B.
Albrecht Altdorfer
Albrecht Altdorfer was a German painter, printmaker, and architect renowned as a pioneer of pure landscape painting and a leading figure of the Danube School during the Northern Renaissance.
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C.
Matthias Grünewald
Matthias Grünewald was a German painter renowned for his intensely emotional and expressive religious works, most famously the Isenheim Altarpiece, which stand out within the Northern Renaissance for their dramatic color and visionary imagery.
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D.
Friedrich Diez
Friedrich Diez was a pioneering 19th-century German philologist regarded as the founder of Romance linguistics for his groundbreaking work on the historical development of Romance languages from Latin.
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E.
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld was a 19th-century German painter and illustrator known for his biblical scenes and as a leading figure in the Romantic-era Nazarene art movement.
- 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: Teobert Maler Target entity description: Teobert Maler was an Austrian-born explorer, photographer, and archaeologist known for his pioneering documentation of ancient Maya ruins in Mexico and Central America.
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A.
Ferdinand Hodler
Ferdinand Hodler was a Swiss painter known for his symbolist and monumental figurative works that significantly influenced modern art in Central Europe.
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B.
Albrecht Altdorfer
Albrecht Altdorfer was a German painter, printmaker, and architect renowned as a pioneer of pure landscape painting and a leading figure of the Danube School during the Northern Renaissance.
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C.
Matthias Grünewald
Matthias Grünewald was a German painter renowned for his intensely emotional and expressive religious works, most famously the Isenheim Altarpiece, which stand out within the Northern Renaissance for their dramatic color and visionary imagery.
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D.
Friedrich Diez
Friedrich Diez was a pioneering 19th-century German philologist regarded as the founder of Romance linguistics for his groundbreaking work on the historical development of Romance languages from Latin.
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E.
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld was a 19th-century German painter and illustrator known for his biblical scenes and as a leading figure in the Romantic-era Nazarene art movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamericanist
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archaeologist ⓘ explorer ⓘ person ⓘ photographer ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
Belize
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Central America ⓘ Guatemala ⓘ Mexico ⓘ |
| birthCountry |
Austrian Empire
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linked to:
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
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| birthDate | 1842-01-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Rome ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Austria
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Mexico ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1917-11-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Mérida, Yucatán
ⓘ
linked to:
Mérida
|
| employer | Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Austrian ⓘ |
| familyName | Maler ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Maya archaeology
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archaeology ⓘ photography ⓘ |
| genre | archaeological photography ⓘ |
| givenName | Teobert ⓘ |
| knownFor |
detailed site plans of Maya cities
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documentation of ancient Maya ruins ⓘ photographic recording of Maya architecture ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
French
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German ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| movement | scientific exploration of Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| name | Teobert Maler ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early systematic mapping of Maya sites
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use of large-format photography in archaeology ⓘ |
| notableWork |
documentation of Palenque
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documentation of Piedras Negras ⓘ documentation of Seibal ⓘ documentation of Tikal ⓘ documentation of Yaxchilán ⓘ photographic surveys of Maya sites in Yucatán ⓘ |
| occupation |
archaeologist
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engineer ⓘ explorer ⓘ photographer ⓘ |
| residence |
Mexico
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Yucatán ⓘ
linked to:
Yucatán state
|
| subjectOf | studies in Maya epigraphy and architecture based on his records ⓘ |
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Referenced by (15)
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