Augustus Schell
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Augustus Schell was a 19th-century American lawyer, Democratic political leader, and influential New York financier who played a major role in party organization and patronage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Augustus Schell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4408155 — 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: Augustus Schell Context triple: [Collector of the Port of New York, positionHeldBy, Augustus Schell]
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A.
Karl Gebhardt
Karl Gebhardt was a Nazi physician and SS officer who conducted brutal medical experiments in concentration camps and was executed as a war criminal after the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg.
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B.
Alfred P. Boller
Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
August Pfluger
August Pfluger is a Republican U.S. Representative from Texas and former Air Force fighter pilot who serves in Congress.
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D.
Frederic Riesterer
Frederic Riesterer is a French music producer and songwriter best known for his collaborations with David Guetta on international pop and dance hits.
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E.
Walter Wolfrum
Walter Wolfrum was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II, credited with numerous aerial victories on the Eastern Front.
- 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: Augustus Schell Target entity description: Augustus Schell was a 19th-century American lawyer, Democratic political leader, and influential New York financier who played a major role in party organization and patronage.
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A.
Karl Gebhardt
Karl Gebhardt was a Nazi physician and SS officer who conducted brutal medical experiments in concentration camps and was executed as a war criminal after the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg.
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B.
Alfred P. Boller
Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
August Pfluger
August Pfluger is a Republican U.S. Representative from Texas and former Air Force fighter pilot who serves in Congress.
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D.
Frederic Riesterer
Frederic Riesterer is a French music producer and songwriter best known for his collaborations with David Guetta on international pop and dance hits.
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E.
Walter Wolfrum
Walter Wolfrum was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II, credited with numerous aerial victories on the Eastern Front.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Democratic Party politician
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financier ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Litchfield Law School
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Union College ⓘ |
| familyName | Schell ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
finance
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law ⓘ politics ⓘ railroad management ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Augustus ⓘ |
| knownForRole |
party organizer
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political patronage manager ⓘ |
| legalProfession | bar of New York ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| name | Augustus Schell ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence in New York political patronage
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involvement in railroad finance ⓘ leadership in the Democratic Party organization ⓘ role in Tammany Hall after the Tweed era ⓘ service as Collector of the Port of New York ⓘ |
| occupation |
financier
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lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ railroad executive ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of the Democratic National Committee
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Collector of the Port of New York ⓘ leader of Tammany Hall ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
Democratic Party national organization
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linked to:
Democratic National Committee
New York politics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Augustus Schell Description of subject: Augustus Schell was a 19th-century American lawyer, Democratic political leader, and influential New York financier who played a major role in party organization and patronage.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.