Marc-Michel Rey
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Marc-Michel Rey was an 18th-century Dutch publisher and bookseller known for printing and disseminating works of Enlightenment philosophers, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marc-Michel Rey canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T447381 — 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: Marc-Michel Rey Context triple: [The Social Contract, publisherAtFirstEdition, Marc-Michel Rey]
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A.
Philippe Erlanger
Philippe Erlanger was a French historian and cultural administrator best known for initiating and organizing the creation of the Cannes Film Festival.
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B.
Jean-François Soitoux
Jean-François Soitoux was a 19th-century French sculptor known for his academic style and for mentoring artists such as Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.
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C.
Georges André
Georges André was a French athlete best known for taking the Olympic Oath at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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D.
Louis Marie Cordonnier
Louis Marie Cordonnier was a prominent French architect known for his influential Beaux-Arts and regionalist designs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Bertrand Fagalde
Bertrand Fagalde was a French admiral best known for his leadership of French naval forces during the Battle of Dunkirk in World War II.
- 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: Marc-Michel Rey Target entity description: Marc-Michel Rey was an 18th-century Dutch publisher and bookseller known for printing and disseminating works of Enlightenment philosophers, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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A.
Philippe Erlanger
Philippe Erlanger was a French historian and cultural administrator best known for initiating and organizing the creation of the Cannes Film Festival.
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B.
Jean-François Soitoux
Jean-François Soitoux was a 19th-century French sculptor known for his academic style and for mentoring artists such as Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.
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C.
Georges André
Georges André was a French athlete best known for taking the Olympic Oath at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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D.
Louis Marie Cordonnier
Louis Marie Cordonnier was a prominent French architect known for his influential Beaux-Arts and regionalist designs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Bertrand Fagalde
Bertrand Fagalde was a French admiral best known for his leadership of French naval forces during the Battle of Dunkirk in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bookseller
ⓘ
person ⓘ publisher ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1780 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1740s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French Enlightenment
ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1720-05-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Canton of Vaud
ⓘ
Lausanne ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| businessModel | international book trade ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness (unspecified in most sources) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1780-06-08 ⓘ |
| distributionArea |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
France ⓘ other parts of Europe ⓘ |
| employer | self-employed ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French-speaking Swiss ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Enlightenment literature
ⓘ
philosophy books ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical literature
ⓘ
political literature ⓘ religious criticism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
disseminating Enlightenment philosophy
ⓘ
printing works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ publishing controversial and heterodox texts ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| movement |
Enlightenment
ⓘ
linked to:
French Enlightenment
|
| name | Marc-Michel Rey ⓘ |
| notablePublication |
Du contrat social (by Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Social Contract
Lettres écrites de la montagne (by Jean-Jacques Rousseau) ⓘ various clandestine philosophical works ⓘ Émile, ou De l’éducation (by Jean-Jacques Rousseau) ⓘ
linked to:
Emile, or On Education
|
| notableWork |
editions of works by Baron d’Holbach
ⓘ
editions of works by Denis Diderot ⓘ editions of works by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ editions of works by other Enlightenment philosophers ⓘ editions of works by Étienne Bonnot de Condillac ⓘ |
| occupation |
bookseller
ⓘ
publisher ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| residence | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| workLocation | Amsterdam ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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