Melville M. Bigelow
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Melville M. Bigelow was an influential American legal scholar of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his pioneering work in tort law and legal history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Melville M. Bigelow canonical | 1 |
| Melville Madison Bigelow | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5032157 — 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: Melville M. Bigelow Context triple: [Bigelow, hasNotableIndividual, Melville M. Bigelow]
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A.
Alexander Cushing
Alexander Cushing was an American lawyer and entrepreneur best known as the visionary founder who developed Squaw Valley into a major ski resort and host of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
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B.
John T. Trowbridge
John T. Trowbridge was a 19th-century American author and poet known for his popular juvenile fiction, essays, and antislavery writings.
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C.
Azariah C. Flagg
Azariah C. Flagg was a 19th-century New York politician and reformer who served in several key state offices and became a prominent figure in the anti-corruption, anti-slavery Barnburner wing of the Democratic Party.
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D.
Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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E.
Milton P. Webster
Milton P. Webster was an influential African American labor leader and civil rights activist who helped organize and lead the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first major Black labor union in the United States.
- 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: Melville M. Bigelow Target entity description: Melville M. Bigelow was an influential American legal scholar of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his pioneering work in tort law and legal history.
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A.
Alexander Cushing
Alexander Cushing was an American lawyer and entrepreneur best known as the visionary founder who developed Squaw Valley into a major ski resort and host of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
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B.
John T. Trowbridge
John T. Trowbridge was a 19th-century American author and poet known for his popular juvenile fiction, essays, and antislavery writings.
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C.
Azariah C. Flagg
Azariah C. Flagg was a 19th-century New York politician and reformer who served in several key state offices and became a prominent figure in the anti-corruption, anti-slavery Barnburner wing of the Democratic Party.
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D.
Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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E.
Milton P. Webster
Milton P. Webster was an influential African American labor leader and civil rights activist who helped organize and lead the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first major Black labor union in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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law professor ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ person ⓘ |
| academicDegree | LL.B. ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Anglo-American tort law
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United States legal education ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1846-08-24 ⓘ |
| contributedTo | professionalization of American legal scholarship ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| deathDate | 1921-05-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard College
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linked to:
Harvard University
Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| employer | Boston University School of Law ⓘ |
| era |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Bigelow ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
common law
ⓘ
legal history ⓘ tort law ⓘ |
| fullName |
Melville Madison Bigelow
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linked to:
Melville M. Bigelow
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| genre |
legal history
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legal treatise ⓘ |
| givenName | Melville ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern American tort doctrine ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to legal history
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historical study of English law ⓘ pioneering work in tort law ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Massachusetts bar ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| notableWork |
Elements of the Law of Torts
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History of Procedure in England from the Norman Conquest ⓘ Placita Anglo-Normannica ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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law professor ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Norwich, Vermont, United States
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linked to:
Norwich, Vermont
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| placeOfDeath |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
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| positionHeld |
dean of Boston University School of Law
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professor of law at Boston University ⓘ |
| taughtSubject |
common-law procedure
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torts ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Anglo-Norman law
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linked to:
Norman law
English legal history ⓘ medieval English law ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Melville M. Bigelow Description of subject: Melville M. Bigelow was an influential American legal scholar of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his pioneering work in tort law and legal history.
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linked to: Melville M. Bigelow