Jacob van Meteren
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Jacob van Meteren was a 16th-century Dutch Protestant merchant and publisher known for supporting and financing early English Bible translations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacob van Meteren canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4944196 — 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: Jacob van Meteren Context triple: [Coverdale Bible, commissionedBy, Jacob van Meteren]
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A.
Cornelis Saftleven
Cornelis Saftleven was a 17th-century Dutch painter known for his genre scenes, landscapes, and satirical works during the Dutch Golden Age.
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B.
Adriaan Metius
Adriaan Metius was a Dutch mathematician and astronomer of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for his work on geometry, surveying, and approximations of π.
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C.
Jan van der Meer van Utrecht
Jan van der Meer van Utrecht was a Dutch Golden Age painter associated with the artistic community in Delft.
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D.
Gerrit van der Heyden
Gerrit van der Heyden was a Dutch Golden Age figure known primarily as the brother of the renowned painter and inventor Jan van der Heyden.
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E.
Cornelis Springer
Cornelis Springer was a 19th-century Dutch painter renowned for his detailed and atmospheric cityscapes and architectural scenes.
- 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: Jacob van Meteren Target entity description: Jacob van Meteren was a 16th-century Dutch Protestant merchant and publisher known for supporting and financing early English Bible translations.
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A.
Cornelis Saftleven
Cornelis Saftleven was a 17th-century Dutch painter known for his genre scenes, landscapes, and satirical works during the Dutch Golden Age.
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B.
Adriaan Metius
Adriaan Metius was a Dutch mathematician and astronomer of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known for his work on geometry, surveying, and approximations of π.
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C.
Jan van der Meer van Utrecht
Jan van der Meer van Utrecht was a Dutch Golden Age painter associated with the artistic community in Delft.
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D.
Gerrit van der Heyden
Gerrit van der Heyden was a Dutch Golden Age figure known primarily as the brother of the renowned painter and inventor Jan van der Heyden.
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E.
Cornelis Springer
Cornelis Springer was a 19th-century Dutch painter renowned for his detailed and atmospheric cityscapes and architectural scenes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch person
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Protestant ⓘ human ⓘ merchant ⓘ publisher ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
printing
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publishing ⓘ religious literature ⓘ |
| financed |
Protestant religious publications
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printing of English Bibles ⓘ |
| hasRole |
financier of printing
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patron of Bible translation ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| movement |
Protestant Reformation
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linked to:
Reformation
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| notableFor |
financing early English Bible translations
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publishing Protestant religious works ⓘ supporting early English Bible translations ⓘ |
| occupation |
merchant
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publisher ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Antwerp
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London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
the Low Countries ⓘ
linked to:
Low Countries
|
| religion |
Protestantism
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| religiousView | Reformed Protestantism ⓘ |
| supported |
English Bible translators
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production of English Bibles ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jacob van Meteren Description of subject: Jacob van Meteren was a 16th-century Dutch Protestant merchant and publisher known for supporting and financing early English Bible translations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.