Shibasaburo Kitasato
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Shibasaburo Kitasato was a pioneering Japanese bacteriologist best known for co-discovering the causative agent of bubonic plague and for major contributions to immunology and serum therapy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shibasaburo Kitasato canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T370358 — 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: Shibasaburo Kitasato Context triple: [Emil Adolf von Behring, workedWith, Shibasaburo Kitasato]
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Emil Adolf von Behring
Emil Adolf von Behring was a German physiologist and immunologist renowned for developing serum therapy against diphtheria and tetanus, earning him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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B.
Robert Koch
Robert Koch was a pioneering German physician and microbiologist who identified the causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax, laying the foundations of modern bacteriology.
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C.
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich was a pioneering German physician and scientist renowned for his work in immunology, hematology, and chemotherapy, and as a Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
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D.
Alexis Carrel
Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, known for his pioneering work in vascular suturing and organ transplantation.
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E.
Harukichi Hyakutake
Harukichi Hyakutake was a Japanese lieutenant general who led the Seventeenth Army in the Solomon Islands campaign during World War II, including the battles around Guadalcanal.
- 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: Shibasaburo Kitasato Target entity description: Shibasaburo Kitasato was a pioneering Japanese bacteriologist best known for co-discovering the causative agent of bubonic plague and for major contributions to immunology and serum therapy.
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A.
Emil Adolf von Behring
Emil Adolf von Behring was a German physiologist and immunologist renowned for developing serum therapy against diphtheria and tetanus, earning him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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B.
Robert Koch
Robert Koch was a pioneering German physician and microbiologist who identified the causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax, laying the foundations of modern bacteriology.
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C.
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich was a pioneering German physician and scientist renowned for his work in immunology, hematology, and chemotherapy, and as a Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
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D.
Alexis Carrel
Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, known for his pioneering work in vascular suturing and organ transplantation.
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E.
Harukichi Hyakutake
Harukichi Hyakutake was a Japanese lieutenant general who led the Seventeenth Army in the Solomon Islands campaign during World War II, including the battles around Guadalcanal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacteriologist
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human ⓘ immunologist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of Culture (Japan)
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linked to:
Order of Culture
Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ Order of the Sacred Treasure ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo ⓘ |
| coDiscovered | plague bacillus ⓘ |
| coDiscoveredWith | Alexandre Yersin ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Kitasato University ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1853-01-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1931-06-13 ⓘ |
| discovered | tetanus bacillus in pure culture ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Robert Koch ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Tokyo Imperial University
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Tokyo
University of Berlin ⓘ
linked to:
Humboldt University of Berlin
|
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Kitasato ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bacteriology
ⓘ
immunology ⓘ infectious disease ⓘ |
| founded |
Institute for Infectious Diseases (Tokyo)
ⓘ
Kitasato Institute ⓘ |
| givenName | Shibasaburo ⓘ |
| hasPartInName |
Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences
ⓘ
linked to:
Kitasato Institute
|
| influenced |
Japanese public health system
ⓘ
development of modern immunology ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Robert Koch ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-discovery of Yersinia pestis
ⓘ
development of serum therapy ⓘ research on bubonic plague ⓘ research on diphtheria antitoxin ⓘ research on tetanus ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Imperial Academy of Japan ⓘ |
| movement | germ theory of disease ⓘ |
| name | Shibasaburo Kitasato ⓘ |
| nativeName | 北里 柴三郎 ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Kiyoshi Shiga ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Oguni, Kumamoto, Japan ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo
|
| positionHeld |
director of the Institute for Infectious Diseases
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member of the House of Peers (Japan) ⓘ president of Kitasato Institute ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berlin
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Tokyo ⓘ |
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Subject: Shibasaburo Kitasato Description of subject: Shibasaburo Kitasato was a pioneering Japanese bacteriologist best known for co-discovering the causative agent of bubonic plague and for major contributions to immunology and serum therapy.
Referenced by (12)
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