Paul Rivet
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Paul Rivet was a French ethnologist and anthropologist renowned for his pioneering work on human cultures and for helping establish modern French anthropology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paul Rivet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3578826 — 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: Paul Rivet Context triple: [Musée de l’Homme, foundedBy, Paul Rivet]
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A.
William Rimmer
William Rimmer was a 19th-century British-born American artist, sculptor, and influential art teacher known for his anatomically precise and imaginative figure studies.
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B.
Paul Ranson
Paul Ranson was a French Post-Impressionist painter and a founding member of the avant-garde group Les Nabis, known for his symbolist and decorative style.
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C.
Walter Baker
Walter Baker is a notable individual whose name is associated with various historical and professional contexts, including business and public service.
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D.
John Ternouth
John Ternouth was a 19th-century British sculptor best known for creating the bronze reliefs that adorn Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London.
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E.
Fred Jowett
Fred Jowett was a British socialist politician and early Labour Party figure who served as MP for Bradford and helped shape the party’s formative policies and organization.
- 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: Paul Rivet Target entity description: Paul Rivet was a French ethnologist and anthropologist renowned for his pioneering work on human cultures and for helping establish modern French anthropology.
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A.
William Rimmer
William Rimmer was a 19th-century British-born American artist, sculptor, and influential art teacher known for his anatomically precise and imaginative figure studies.
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B.
Paul Ranson
Paul Ranson was a French Post-Impressionist painter and a founding member of the avant-garde group Les Nabis, known for his symbolist and decorative style.
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C.
Walter Baker
Walter Baker is a notable individual whose name is associated with various historical and professional contexts, including business and public service.
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D.
John Ternouth
John Ternouth was a 19th-century British sculptor best known for creating the bronze reliefs that adorn Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London.
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E.
Fred Jowett
Fred Jowett was a British socialist politician and early Labour Party figure who served as MP for Bradford and helped shape the party’s formative policies and organization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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anthropologist ⓘ ethnologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1876-05-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1958-03-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | École du Service de Santé Militaire de Lyon ⓘ |
| employer |
Institut d’ethnologie de l’Université de Paris
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linked to:
École pratique des hautes études
Musée de l’Homme ⓘ Musée d’Ethnographie du Trocadéro ⓘ
linked to:
Musée de l’Homme
|
| familyName | Rivet ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Americanist ethnology
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anthropology ⓘ ethnology ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of modern French ethnology
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institutionalization of anthropology in France ⓘ |
| knownFor |
pioneering work in French anthropology
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studies of indigenous peoples of South America ⓘ theory on multiple origins of the peoples of the Americas ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
French
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOf | Société des Américanistes de Paris ⓘ |
| movement | French anthropology ⓘ |
| notableIdea | trans-Pacific contacts in the peopling of the Americas ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Histoire de l’ethnologie classique
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Les Origines de l’Homme Américain ⓘ |
| occupation |
museum director
ⓘ
physician ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| participatedIn | development of the Musée de l’Homme in Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Ardennes
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France ⓘ Wasigny ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of Musée d’Ethnographie du Trocadéro
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founding director of Musée de l’Homme ⓘ professor at the University of Paris ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Colombia
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Ecuador ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
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