Margaret Roper
E452037
Margaret Roper was a highly educated English scholar and translator of the early 16th century, renowned for her learning, piety, and close intellectual relationship with her father, Sir Thomas More.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Margaret Roper canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4548110 — 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: Margaret Roper Context triple: [Thomas More, child, Margaret Roper]
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A.
Anne Browne
Anne Browne was the mother of John Winthrop, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a key figure in early New England history.
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B.
Agnes Cocks
Agnes Cocks was the wife of Sir Charles Yorke, an 18th-century British lawyer and Lord Chancellor.
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C.
Elizabeth Throckmorton
Elizabeth Throckmorton was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I who secretly married the explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, causing a scandal at the Tudor court.
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D.
Susannah Hooker
Susannah Hooker was the wife of prominent Puritan colonial leader and Hartford founder Thomas Hooker, known primarily through her association with his life and ministry.
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E.
Margaret Tyndal
Margaret Tyndal was the second wife of Puritan leader and Massachusetts Bay Colony governor John Winthrop, known primarily through her connection to his prominent colonial and religious role.
- 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: Margaret Roper Target entity description: Margaret Roper was a highly educated English scholar and translator of the early 16th century, renowned for her learning, piety, and close intellectual relationship with her father, Sir Thomas More.
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A.
Anne Browne
Anne Browne was the mother of John Winthrop, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a key figure in early New England history.
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B.
Agnes Cocks
Agnes Cocks was the wife of Sir Charles Yorke, an 18th-century British lawyer and Lord Chancellor.
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C.
Elizabeth Throckmorton
Elizabeth Throckmorton was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I who secretly married the explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, causing a scandal at the Tudor court.
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D.
Susannah Hooker
Susannah Hooker was the wife of prominent Puritan colonial leader and Hartford founder Thomas Hooker, known primarily through her association with his life and ministry.
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E.
Margaret Tyndal
Margaret Tyndal was the second wife of Puritan leader and Massachusetts Bay Colony governor John Winthrop, known primarily through her connection to his prominent colonial and religious role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic
ⓘ
human ⓘ scholar ⓘ translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activeIn | early 16th century ⓘ |
| birthName | Margaret More ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | lay Catholic noted for sanctity, not canonized ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1505 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1544 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | biographies of Thomas More ⓘ |
| educatedBy | Thomas More ⓘ |
| era | Tudor period ⓘ |
| familyName | Roper ⓘ |
| father | Thomas More ⓘ |
| genre |
letters
ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Margaret ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | perceptions of learned women in Tudor England ⓘ |
| hasWorkTranslated |
"Precatio Dominica" by Erasmus
ⓘ
Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ |
| knownFor | correspondence with leading humanists ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| mother | Jane Colt ⓘ |
| movement |
Northern Renaissance humanism
ⓘ
linked to:
Renaissance humanism
|
| notableFor |
being one of the most learned women in early 16th-century England
ⓘ
her close intellectual relationship with Thomas More ⓘ her humanist education ⓘ her piety and devotion ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Latin-to-English translation of Erasmus’s "Precatio Dominica" (The Lord’s Prayer)
ⓘ
Letters to her father Thomas More ⓘ |
| occupation |
scholar
ⓘ
translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| placeOfDeath | Chelsea ⓘ |
| positionHeld | member of the household of Thomas More ⓘ |
| relative |
Erasmus of Rotterdam
ⓘ
linked to:
Desiderius Erasmus
|
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Chelsea
ⓘ
Eltham ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling |
Cecily More
ⓘ
Elizabeth More ⓘ John More ⓘ
linked to:
John More the younger
another daughter of Thomas More (often called Margaret Giggs by association, though fostered) ⓘ |
| spouse | William Roper ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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