Sir Richard Stone
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Sir Richard Stone was a British economist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the system of national accounts that underpins modern macroeconomic statistics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir Richard Stone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3398177 — 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: Sir Richard Stone Context triple: [Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, hasGraveOf, Sir Richard Stone]
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A.
Sir Arthur Porritt
Sir Arthur Porritt was a New Zealand-born surgeon, military officer, Olympic bronze-medallist and statesman who became the first New Zealand–born Governor-General of New Zealand.
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B.
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, was an 18th-century British Whig statesman who served briefly as Prime Minister and played a key role in negotiating the end of the American War of Independence.
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C.
Samuel Wilberforce
Samuel Wilberforce was a 19th-century English Anglican bishop and orator, best known for his prominent role in the 1860 Oxford evolution debate with Thomas Huxley.
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D.
Herbert Butterfield
Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
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E.
Sir John Woodward
Sir John Woodward is a distinguished British geologist and academic leader known for his contributions to Earth sciences and higher education.
- 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: Sir Richard Stone Target entity description: Sir Richard Stone was a British economist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the system of national accounts that underpins modern macroeconomic statistics.
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A.
Sir Arthur Porritt
Sir Arthur Porritt was a New Zealand-born surgeon, military officer, Olympic bronze-medallist and statesman who became the first New Zealand–born Governor-General of New Zealand.
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B.
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, was an 18th-century British Whig statesman who served briefly as Prime Minister and played a key role in negotiating the end of the American War of Independence.
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C.
Samuel Wilberforce
Samuel Wilberforce was a 19th-century English Anglican bishop and orator, best known for his prominent role in the 1860 Oxford evolution debate with Thomas Huxley.
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D.
Herbert Butterfield
Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
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E.
Sir John Woodward
Sir John Woodward is a distinguished British geologist and academic leader known for his contributions to Earth sciences and higher education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Economics
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ statistician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
John Bates Clark Medal
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Knight Bachelor ⓘ Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
United Kingdom
|
| dateOfBirth | 1913-08-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1991-12-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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Westminster School ⓘ |
| employer |
Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge
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University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
|
| familyName | Stone ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economic statistics
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economics ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ national accounts ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of national accounting standards used by the United Nations
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modern macroeconomic policy analysis ⓘ |
| knownFor |
input-output analysis in national accounts
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modern national income accounting ⓘ system of national accounts ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
British Academy
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Royal Statistical Society ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Input-Output and National Accounts
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linked to:
input–output analysis
Measurement of National Income and Construction of Social Accounts ⓘ System of National Accounts ⓘ
linked to:
United Nations System of National Accounts
|
| placeOfBirth |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
CAMBRIDGE
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Department of Applied Economics at Cambridge
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Professor of Finance and Accounting at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| residence | Cambridge ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cambridge
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linked to:
CAMBRIDGE
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| workPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
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