David Magarshack
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David Magarshack was a 20th-century British translator and biographer best known for his influential English translations of Russian classics, particularly the works of Dostoevsky.
All labels observed (1)
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| David Magarshack canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5547016 — 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: David Magarshack Context triple: [The Brothers Karamazov, notableEnglishTranslator, David Magarshack]
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C. Peter Magrath
C. Peter Magrath is an American higher education leader and former university president known for his influential roles in public university administration and national education organizations.
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Clarence Geldart
Clarence Geldart was a Canadian-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
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C.
David Burnside
David Burnside is a Northern Irish public relations executive and former Ulster Unionist Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for South Antrim.
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David Richmond
David Richmond was a civil rights activist best known as one of the four African American students who initiated the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins challenging racial segregation at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in North Carolina.
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E.
Nigel Hess
Nigel Hess is a British composer best known for his work on television, film, and theatre scores, including numerous BBC dramas and stage productions.
- 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: David Magarshack Target entity description: David Magarshack was a 20th-century British translator and biographer best known for his influential English translations of Russian classics, particularly the works of Dostoevsky.
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A.
C. Peter Magrath
C. Peter Magrath is an American higher education leader and former university president known for his influential roles in public university administration and national education organizations.
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B.
Clarence Geldart
Clarence Geldart was a Canadian-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
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C.
David Burnside
David Burnside is a Northern Irish public relations executive and former Ulster Unionist Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for South Antrim.
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D.
David Richmond
David Richmond was a civil rights activist best known as one of the four African American students who initiated the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins challenging racial segregation at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in North Carolina.
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E.
Nigel Hess
Nigel Hess is a British composer best known for his work on television, film, and theatre scores, including numerous BBC dramas and stage productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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biographer ⓘ person ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 20th century ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1899-12-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1977-10-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Leeds ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Magarshack ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Russian literature
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biography ⓘ literary translation ⓘ |
| genre |
literary biography
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novel translation ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Russian ⓘ |
| movedTo |
London
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linked to:
London, England
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| name | David Magarshack ⓘ |
| notableFor |
English translations of Russian classics
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biographies of Russian authors ⓘ translations of Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| notableWork |
English translation of Crime and Punishment
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English translation of Notes from Underground ⓘ English translation of The Brothers Karamazov ⓘ English translation of The Idiot ⓘ English translation of The Possessed ⓘ biography of Chekhov ⓘ biography of Dostoevsky ⓘ biography of Gogol ⓘ |
| occupation |
biographer
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editor ⓘ journalist ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Latvia
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Riga ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London
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linked to:
London, England
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| spouse | Elsie Magarshack ⓘ |
| translatedAuthor |
Anton Chekhov
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Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ Ivan Turgenev ⓘ Leo Tolstoy ⓘ Nikolai Gogol ⓘ |
| workedFor | The Times ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: David Magarshack Description of subject: David Magarshack was a 20th-century British translator and biographer best known for his influential English translations of Russian classics, particularly the works of Dostoevsky.
Referenced by (2)
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