Josiah Ober
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Josiah Ober is a prominent scholar of ancient Greek political thought and institutions, known especially for his work on Athenian democracy and classical political theory.
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| Josiah Ober canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6389888 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Josiah Ober Context triple: [Melissa Lane, hasAcademicAdvisor, Josiah Ober]
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David T. Wilentz
David T. Wilentz was a prominent American lawyer and politician best known as the New Jersey Attorney General who prosecuted the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
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Jeffrey Alexander
Jeffrey Alexander is an American sociologist known for advancing neo-functionalism and cultural sociology, building on and revising the theoretical legacy of Talcott Parsons.
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Edward K. Milkis
Edward K. Milkis was an American television producer best known for his work on popular 1970s sitcoms and collaborations with Garry Marshall.
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D.
James A. Robinson
James A. Robinson is a political scientist and economist best known for his work on the role of institutions in economic development and for co-authoring influential books such as "Why Nations Fail."
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Geoffrey Brennan
Geoffrey Brennan was an Australian philosopher and economist known for his influential work in public choice theory and his long-term collaboration with Nobel laureate James M. Buchanan.
- 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: Josiah Ober Target entity description: Josiah Ober is a prominent scholar of ancient Greek political thought and institutions, known especially for his work on Athenian democracy and classical political theory.
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A.
David T. Wilentz
David T. Wilentz was a prominent American lawyer and politician best known as the New Jersey Attorney General who prosecuted the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
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B.
Jeffrey Alexander
Jeffrey Alexander is an American sociologist known for advancing neo-functionalism and cultural sociology, building on and revising the theoretical legacy of Talcott Parsons.
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C.
Edward K. Milkis
Edward K. Milkis was an American television producer best known for his work on popular 1970s sitcoms and collaborations with Garry Marshall.
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D.
James A. Robinson
James A. Robinson is a political scientist and economist best known for his work on the role of institutions in economic development and for co-authoring influential books such as "Why Nations Fail."
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E.
Geoffrey Brennan
Geoffrey Brennan was an Australian philosopher and economist known for his influential work in public choice theory and his long-term collaboration with Nobel laureate James M. Buchanan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
classicist
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historian of ancient Greece ⓘ person ⓘ political theorist ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Michigan
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University of Minnesota ⓘ |
| employer | Stanford University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Athenian democracy
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ancient Greek history ⓘ ancient Greek political thought ⓘ classical political theory ⓘ democratic theory ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
academic non-fiction
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ancient history ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
Ancient History
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Classics ⓘ Political Science ⓘ |
| hasRole |
author
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editor ⓘ lecturer ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary scholarship on Athenian democracy
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modern democratic theory regarding knowledge and institutions ⓘ |
| influencedBy | classical Athenian political thought ⓘ |
| knownFor |
scholarship on Athenian democracy
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studies of classical political thought ⓘ work on ancient Greek political institutions ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Democracy and Knowledge
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Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens ⓘ Political Dissent in Democratic Athens ⓘ The Athenian Revolution ⓘ The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Mitsotakis Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University
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Professor of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
comparative political development in the Greek world
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performance of democratic systems ⓘ political institutions of classical Athens ⓘ relationship between democracy and knowledge ⓘ |
| spouse | Adrienne Mayor ⓘ |
| studies |
democratic practices in classical Athens
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institutional design in ancient Greek city-states ⓘ |
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