Oren Burbank Cheney
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Oren Burbank Cheney was a 19th-century American educator, abolitionist, and Free Will Baptist minister best known as the founding president of Bates College in Maine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oren Burbank Cheney canonical | 2 |
| Cheney | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3749163 — 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: Oren Burbank Cheney Context triple: [Bates College, foundedBy, Oren Burbank Cheney]
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A.
Jeff Cheney
Jeff Cheney is an American politician and businessman who serves as the mayor of the rapidly growing city of Frisco, Texas.
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B.
Glen Charles
Glen Charles is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the acclaimed sitcom "Cheers."
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C.
Laurence Luckinbill
Laurence Luckinbill is an American actor, playwright, and director known for his work on stage, film, and television, including his role as Sybok in "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier."
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D.
Nelson Bunker Hunt
Nelson Bunker Hunt was an American oil billionaire and commodities investor best known for his attempt to corner the global silver market in the late 1970s.
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E.
Pierce Bush
Pierce Bush is an American businessman and philanthropist, known for leading the nonprofit organization Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star and for being a member of the Bush political family.
- 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: Oren Burbank Cheney Target entity description: Oren Burbank Cheney was a 19th-century American educator, abolitionist, and Free Will Baptist minister best known as the founding president of Bates College in Maine.
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A.
Jeff Cheney
Jeff Cheney is an American politician and businessman who serves as the mayor of the rapidly growing city of Frisco, Texas.
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B.
Glen Charles
Glen Charles is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the acclaimed sitcom "Cheers."
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C.
Laurence Luckinbill
Laurence Luckinbill is an American actor, playwright, and director known for his work on stage, film, and television, including his role as Sybok in "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier."
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D.
Nelson Bunker Hunt
Nelson Bunker Hunt was an American oil billionaire and commodities investor best known for his attempt to corner the global silver market in the late 1970s.
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E.
Pierce Bush
Pierce Bush is an American businessman and philanthropist, known for leading the nonprofit organization Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star and for being a member of the Bush political family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Free Will Baptist minister
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abolitionist ⓘ college president ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1816-12-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Holderness, New Hampshire
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| child | Alice Cheney ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| deathDate | 1903-12-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Lewiston, Maine
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| denomination | Free Will Baptist ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Brown University
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Parsonsfield Seminary ⓘ |
| familyName |
Cheney
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linked to:
Oren Burbank Cheney
|
| founded |
Bates College
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linked to:
Bates College (in Lewiston)
Maine State Seminary ⓘ
linked to:
Maine Literary and Theological Institution
|
| fullName | Oren Burbank Cheney ⓘ |
| genre |
educational writing
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religious writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Oren ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of coeducation
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support for racial equality in education ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Free Will Baptists
ⓘ
linked to:
Baptists
|
| movement |
abolitionism
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temperance movement ⓘ |
| notableFor | founding Bates College ⓘ |
| notableWork | founding of Maine State Seminary (precursor to Bates College) ⓘ |
| occupation |
clergyman
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college president ⓘ educator ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | anti-slavery ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
member of the Maine House of Representatives
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president of Bates College ⓘ |
| religion |
Free Will Baptist
ⓘ
linked to:
Baptists
|
| residence |
Augusta, Maine
ⓘ
Lewiston, Maine ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Nancy Perkins Cheney ⓘ |
| workLocation | Lewiston, Maine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oren Burbank Cheney Description of subject: Oren Burbank Cheney was a 19th-century American educator, abolitionist, and Free Will Baptist minister best known as the founding president of Bates College in Maine.
Referenced by (3)
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