William Lambton
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William Lambton was a British army officer and surveyor best known for initiating and leading the early phases of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Lambton canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2816621 — 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: William Lambton Context triple: [Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, chiefSurveyor, William Lambton]
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A.
Richard Laxton
Richard Laxton is a British film and television director known for his work on dramas such as the period film "Effie Gray."
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B.
William Hulton
William Hulton was a British magistrate and landowner best known for ordering the yeomanry to arrest speakers at the 1819 Peterloo reform meeting, a decision that helped trigger the ensuing massacre.
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C.
Julius Lankershim
Julius Lankershim was a prominent 19th-century Los Angeles landowner and developer whose holdings and influence helped shape early Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley.
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D.
Edward Whitchurch
Edward Whitchurch was a 16th-century English printer and Protestant reformer best known for co-publishing early English translations of the Bible, including the Matthew Bible.
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E.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
- 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: William Lambton Target entity description: William Lambton was a British army officer and surveyor best known for initiating and leading the early phases of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th century.
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A.
Richard Laxton
Richard Laxton is a British film and television director known for his work on dramas such as the period film "Effie Gray."
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B.
William Hulton
William Hulton was a British magistrate and landowner best known for ordering the yeomanry to arrest speakers at the 1819 Peterloo reform meeting, a decision that helped trigger the ensuing massacre.
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C.
Julius Lankershim
Julius Lankershim was a prominent 19th-century Los Angeles landowner and developer whose holdings and influence helped shape early Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley.
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D.
Edward Whitchurch
Edward Whitchurch was a 16th-century English printer and Protestant reformer best known for co-publishing early English translations of the Bible, including the Matthew Bible.
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E.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British army officer
ⓘ
person ⓘ surveyor ⓘ |
| conflict |
American War of Independence
ⓘ
linked to:
American Revolutionary War
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
improvement of geodetic accuracy in India
ⓘ
mapping of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| countryOfService |
British India
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartography
ⓘ
geodesy ⓘ surveying ⓘ |
| influenced | George Everest ⓘ |
| knownFor | Great Trigonometrical Survey of India ⓘ |
| legacy |
foundation of modern surveying in India
ⓘ
pioneering large-scale triangulation in Asia ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
British Army
ⓘ
East India Company army ⓘ
linked to:
British East India Company forces
|
| name | William Lambton ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableProject |
baseline measurement near Madras for the Great Trigonometrical Survey
ⓘ
measurement of a meridian arc in India ⓘ |
| occupation |
army officer
ⓘ
surveyor ⓘ |
| role |
initiator of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India
ⓘ
superintendent of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India ⓘ |
| serviceRank | officer ⓘ |
| successor | George Everest ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| usedInstrument |
baseline apparatus
ⓘ
theodolite ⓘ |
| usedMethod | triangulation ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Deccan region
ⓘ
India ⓘ Madras Presidency ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: William Lambton Description of subject: William Lambton was a British army officer and surveyor best known for initiating and leading the early phases of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th century.
Referenced by (4)
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