Edmund Gibson
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Edmund Gibson was an English bishop and scholar of the early 18th century, best known for serving as Bishop of Lincoln and later Bishop of London and for his influential ecclesiastical and legal writings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edmund Gibson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edmund Gibson Context triple: [Chancellor of the College of William & Mary, hasOfficeHolder, Edmund Gibson]
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Edward Whitchurch
Edward Whitchurch was a 16th-century English printer and Protestant reformer best known for co-publishing early English translations of the Bible, including the Matthew Bible.
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B.
George Steer
George Steer was a British journalist best known for his eyewitness reporting on the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, which brought global attention to the atrocity.
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C.
Geoffrey Burgon
Geoffrey Burgon was a British composer best known for his evocative film and television scores, including acclaimed work on series such as "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "Brideshead Revisited."
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D.
Edmund Reggie
Edmund Reggie was an American judge, banker, and influential Louisiana political figure known for his close ties to the Kennedy family.
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E.
Francis Cockburn
Francis Cockburn was a British colonial official after whom Cockburn Town in the Turks and Caicos Islands was named.
- 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: Edmund Gibson Target entity description: Edmund Gibson was an English bishop and scholar of the early 18th century, best known for serving as Bishop of Lincoln and later Bishop of London and for his influential ecclesiastical and legal writings.
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A.
Edward Whitchurch
Edward Whitchurch was a 16th-century English printer and Protestant reformer best known for co-publishing early English translations of the Bible, including the Matthew Bible.
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B.
George Steer
George Steer was a British journalist best known for his eyewitness reporting on the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, which brought global attention to the atrocity.
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C.
Geoffrey Burgon
Geoffrey Burgon was a British composer best known for his evocative film and television scores, including acclaimed work on series such as "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "Brideshead Revisited."
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D.
Edmund Reggie
Edmund Reggie was an American judge, banker, and influential Louisiana political figure known for his close ties to the Kennedy family.
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E.
Francis Cockburn
Francis Cockburn was a British colonial official after whom Cockburn Town in the Turks and Caicos Islands was named.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican bishop
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human ⓘ legal writer ⓘ scholar ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| appointedAsBishopOfLincoln | 1716 ⓘ |
| appointedAsBishopOfLondon | 1723 ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1669-12-11 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Bampton, Westmorland, England ⓘ |
| burialPlace | All Saints Church, Fulham ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1748-09-06 ⓘ |
| denomination |
Anglicanism
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglicanism (broadly)
|
| educatedAt |
Oxford University
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Oxford
Queen’s College, Oxford ⓘ
linked to:
The Queen's College, Oxford
|
| era | early 18th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
church history
ⓘ
classical scholarship ⓘ ecclesiastical law ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Reverend ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ecclesiastical law scholarship
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edition of "Codex Juris Ecclesiastici Anglicani" ⓘ edition of "Synodus Anglicana" ⓘ edition of Camden’s "Britannia" ⓘ pastoral letters and charges ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Church of England episcopate
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linked to:
College of Bishops of the Church of England
|
| name | Edmund Gibson ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"Codex Juris Ecclesiastici Anglicani"
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"Synodus Anglicana" ⓘ Latin edition of William Camden’s "Britannia" ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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bishop ⓘ ecclesiastical lawyer ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| opposed | Methodist movement ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Bishop of Lincoln
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Bishop of London ⓘ archdeacon of Surrey ⓘ chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ domestic chaplain to Thomas Tenison ⓘ rector of St Martin-in-the-Fields ⓘ vicar of Lambeth ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| spouse | Margaret Benson ⓘ |
| supported | Hanoverian succession ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Edmund Gibson Description of subject: Edmund Gibson was an English bishop and scholar of the early 18th century, best known for serving as Bishop of Lincoln and later Bishop of London and for his influential ecclesiastical and legal writings.
Referenced by (2)
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