Adrien Proust
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Adrien Proust was a 19th-century French physician and epidemiologist known for his work on public health and infectious diseases, and as the father of writer Marcel Proust.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adrien Proust canonical | 4 |
| Proust | 2 |
| Robert Proust | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2785631 — 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: Adrien Proust Context triple: [Marcel Proust, parent, Adrien Proust]
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A.
Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust was a French novelist best known for his monumental modernist work "In Search of Lost Time," which explores memory, time, and consciousness in an innovative narrative style.
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B.
Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert was a 19th-century French novelist renowned for his meticulous style and his seminal realist work "Madame Bovary."
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C.
Joris-Karl Huysmans
Joris-Karl Huysmans was a French novelist best known for his decadent and symbolist masterpiece "À rebours" and for his later spiritually focused, Catholic-themed works.
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D.
André Gide
André Gide was a Nobel Prize–winning French author known for his psychologically insightful novels and essays that challenged social and moral conventions.
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E.
Maurice Renard
Maurice Renard was a French writer best known for his early 20th-century science fiction and fantastical novels that explored themes of the uncanny and the supernatural.
- 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: Adrien Proust Target entity description: Adrien Proust was a 19th-century French physician and epidemiologist known for his work on public health and infectious diseases, and as the father of writer Marcel Proust.
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A.
Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust was a French novelist best known for his monumental modernist work "In Search of Lost Time," which explores memory, time, and consciousness in an innovative narrative style.
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B.
Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert was a 19th-century French novelist renowned for his meticulous style and his seminal realist work "Madame Bovary."
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C.
Joris-Karl Huysmans
Joris-Karl Huysmans was a French novelist best known for his decadent and symbolist masterpiece "À rebours" and for his later spiritually focused, Catholic-themed works.
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D.
André Gide
André Gide was a Nobel Prize–winning French author known for his psychologically insightful novels and essays that challenged social and moral conventions.
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E.
Maurice Renard
Maurice Renard was a French writer best known for his early 20th-century science fiction and fantastical novels that explored themes of the uncanny and the supernatural.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epidemiologist
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human ⓘ physician ⓘ public health official ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | international sanitary policy ⓘ |
| child |
Marcel Proust
ⓘ
Robert Proust ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of quarantine measures in Europe
ⓘ
international sanitary conferences ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1834-03-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1903-11-26 ⓘ |
| describedAs | 19th-century French physician and epidemiologist ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Sorbonne University
|
| employer |
French Ministry of the Interior
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of the Interior of France
University of Paris ⓘ
linked to:
Sorbonne University
|
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
Proust
ⓘ
linked to:
Adrien Proust
|
| fieldOfWork |
epidemiology
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medicine ⓘ public health ⓘ |
| givenName | Adrien ⓘ |
| hasOccupationSpecialty |
hygiene
ⓘ
preventive medicine ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to public health policy
ⓘ
research on infectious diseases ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| name | Adrien Proust ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Marcel Proust ⓘ |
| notableWork |
studies on cholera
ⓘ
work on quarantine and international sanitary regulations ⓘ |
| occupation |
epidemiologist
ⓘ
physician ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Illiers, Eure-et-Loir, France ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Paris, France
ⓘ
linked to:
Paris
|
| positionHeld |
Inspector General of Sanitary Services of France
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professor of hygiene at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris ⓘ |
| relative |
Jeanne Clémence Weil
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Marcel Proust ⓘ Robert Proust ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Jeanne Clémence Weil ⓘ |
| studied |
cholera pandemics
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plague ⓘ yellow fever ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Adrien Proust Description of subject: Adrien Proust was a 19th-century French physician and epidemiologist known for his work on public health and infectious diseases, and as the father of writer Marcel Proust.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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