Charles Shipman Payson
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Charles Shipman Payson was an American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist best known for his major support of the Portland Museum of Art and ownership of the New York Mets.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles Shipman Payson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6431244 — 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: Charles Shipman Payson Context triple: [Charles Shipman Payson Building, namedAfter, Charles Shipman Payson]
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A.
George C. Perkins
George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
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B.
Amos G. Throop
Amos G. Throop was an American educator and philanthropist whose early vocational school in Pasadena evolved into the California Institute of Technology.
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C.
Horace W. Peaslee
Horace W. Peaslee was an American architect best known for designing prominent public monuments and civic buildings in the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
Herbert S. Bigelow
Herbert S. Bigelow was an American clergyman and social reformer known for his progressive activism and advocacy for social justice in the early 20th century.
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E.
Erastus Root
Erastus Root was an early 19th-century American politician from New York who served multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was known for his influential role in state and national Democratic-Republican politics.
- 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: Charles Shipman Payson Target entity description: Charles Shipman Payson was an American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist best known for his major support of the Portland Museum of Art and ownership of the New York Mets.
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A.
George C. Perkins
George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
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B.
Amos G. Throop
Amos G. Throop was an American educator and philanthropist whose early vocational school in Pasadena evolved into the California Institute of Technology.
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C.
Horace W. Peaslee
Horace W. Peaslee was an American architect best known for designing prominent public monuments and civic buildings in the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
Herbert S. Bigelow
Herbert S. Bigelow was an American clergyman and social reformer known for his progressive activism and advocacy for social justice in the early 20th century.
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E.
Erastus Root
Erastus Root was an early 19th-century American politician from New York who served multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was known for his influential role in state and national Democratic-Republican politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art collector
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human ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Falmouth, Maine ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1898-03-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1985-10-05 ⓘ |
| donated | collection of Winslow Homer paintings ⓘ |
| donatedTo | Portland Museum of Art ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Yale Law School
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| employer | various business enterprises in New York City ⓘ |
| endTime | 1980 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
art collecting
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business ⓘ philanthropy ⓘ |
| genre | American art collecting ⓘ |
| hasPartInCollection | Charles Shipman Payson Collection at the Portland Museum of Art ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ownership of the New York Mets
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support of the Portland Museum of Art ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Whitney family (by marriage)
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linked to:
Whitney family
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| notableRelative | Joan Whitney Payson ⓘ |
| notableWork |
funding of the Charles Shipman Payson Building at the Portland Museum of Art
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gift of Winslow Homer paintings to the Portland Museum of Art ⓘ major benefactor of the Portland Museum of Art ⓘ |
| occupation |
art collector
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businessman ⓘ lawyer ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| ownerOf | New York Mets ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld | principal owner of the New York Mets ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| residence |
Falmouth, Maine
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Joan Whitney Payson ⓘ |
| startTime | 1975 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charles Shipman Payson Description of subject: Charles Shipman Payson was an American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist best known for his major support of the Portland Museum of Art and ownership of the New York Mets.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.