Almira Russell Hancock
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Almira Russell Hancock was the wife of Union General Winfield Scott Hancock and an American author known for her memoirs about her husband's military career and their life together.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Almira Russell Hancock canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1313117 — 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: Almira Russell Hancock Context triple: [Winfield Scott Hancock, spouse, Almira Russell Hancock]
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A.
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop, better known as Jane Stanford, was an American philanthropist and co-founder of Stanford University alongside her husband Leland Stanford.
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B.
Helen Taft Manning
Helen Taft Manning was an American historian, suffragist, and long-serving dean at Bryn Mawr College who was also the daughter of U.S. President William Howard Taft.
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C.
Josephine Clay Ford
Josephine Clay Ford was an American heiress and philanthropist from the prominent Ford family, known for her charitable contributions to arts and education.
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D.
Anna Rice Cooke
Anna Rice Cooke was an American art collector and philanthropist from Hawaii who played a key role in developing Honolulu’s cultural and artistic institutions.
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E.
Mildred McLean Hazen
Mildred McLean Hazen was an American socialite and Washington, D.C. hostess best known as the wife of Admiral George Dewey.
- 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: Almira Russell Hancock Target entity description: Almira Russell Hancock was the wife of Union General Winfield Scott Hancock and an American author known for her memoirs about her husband's military career and their life together.
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A.
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop, better known as Jane Stanford, was an American philanthropist and co-founder of Stanford University alongside her husband Leland Stanford.
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B.
Helen Taft Manning
Helen Taft Manning was an American historian, suffragist, and long-serving dean at Bryn Mawr College who was also the daughter of U.S. President William Howard Taft.
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C.
Josephine Clay Ford
Josephine Clay Ford was an American heiress and philanthropist from the prominent Ford family, known for her charitable contributions to arts and education.
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D.
Anna Rice Cooke
Anna Rice Cooke was an American art collector and philanthropist from Hawaii who played a key role in developing Honolulu’s cultural and artistic institutions.
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E.
Mildred McLean Hazen
Mildred McLean Hazen was an American socialite and Washington, D.C. hostess best known as the wife of Admiral George Dewey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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author ⓘ human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Hancock ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | American Civil War history ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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memoir ⓘ |
| givenName |
Almira
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linked to:
Miss Almira Gulch
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married to Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ |
| name | Almira Russell Hancock ⓘ |
| notableFor |
firsthand account of a Union general’s family life during the American Civil War
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memoirs about the military career of Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ writings about her life with Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ |
| notableRole | wife of Union General Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ |
| notableWork | Reminiscences of Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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writer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | United States of America ⓘ |
| spouse | Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ |
| spouseMilitaryAllegiance | Union ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | Union Army general ⓘ |
| writingSubject |
19th-century American military life
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American Civil War ⓘ life of Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Almira Russell Hancock Description of subject: Almira Russell Hancock was the wife of Union General Winfield Scott Hancock and an American author known for her memoirs about her husband's military career and their life together.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.