Walter William Skeat
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Walter William Skeat was a prominent 19th-century English philologist and lexicographer best known for his pioneering work on the English language and its etymology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter William Skeat canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7595692 — 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: Walter William Skeat Context triple: [Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, positionHolder, Walter William Skeat]
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A.
Sir James Murray (lexicographer)
Sir James Murray was a Scottish lexicographer best known as the primary editor of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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B.
William Smith (lexicographer)
William Smith was a 19th-century Scottish lexicographer best known for his influential Latin-English and Greek-English dictionaries and classical reference works.
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C.
Henry Fowler
Henry Fowler was a prominent British railway engineer best known for designing influential steam locomotives in the early 20th century.
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D.
John Camden Hotten
John Camden Hotten was a 19th-century English publisher, bookseller, and author known for his influential role in Victorian literary culture and for founding the firm that became Chatto & Windus.
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E.
C. K. Ogden
C. K. Ogden was a British linguist, philosopher, and writer best known for his work on the theory of language, including the development of Basic English and influential studies in semantics.
- 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: Walter William Skeat Target entity description: Walter William Skeat was a prominent 19th-century English philologist and lexicographer best known for his pioneering work on the English language and its etymology.
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A.
Sir James Murray (lexicographer)
Sir James Murray was a Scottish lexicographer best known as the primary editor of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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B.
William Smith (lexicographer)
William Smith was a 19th-century Scottish lexicographer best known for his influential Latin-English and Greek-English dictionaries and classical reference works.
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C.
Henry Fowler
Henry Fowler was a prominent British railway engineer best known for designing influential steam locomotives in the early 20th century.
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D.
John Camden Hotten
John Camden Hotten was a 19th-century English publisher, bookseller, and author known for his influential role in Victorian literary culture and for founding the firm that became Chatto & Windus.
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E.
C. K. Ogden
C. K. Ogden was a British linguist, philosopher, and writer best known for his work on the theory of language, including the development of Basic English and influential studies in semantics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lexicographer
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person ⓘ philologist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
English studies
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philology ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Fellow of the British Academy ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
19th century
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20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Christ's College, Cambridge
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King's College School, London ⓘ |
| employer |
Christ's College, Cambridge
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University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
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| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Skeat ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
English philology
ⓘ
Middle English literature ⓘ
linked to:
Middle English
Old English language ⓘ etymology ⓘ lexicography ⓘ |
| fullName | Walter William Skeat ⓘ |
| givenName |
Walter
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William ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| influenced |
historical linguistics of English
ⓘ
later English lexicographers ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
British Academy
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Philological Society ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
historical study of English vocabulary
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pioneering work on the English language and its etymology ⓘ standardization of English etymological scholarship ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
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A Student's Pastime ⓘ An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language ⓘ
linked to:
A Dictionary of English Etymology
Principles of English Etymology ⓘ editions of Geoffrey Chaucer's works ⓘ editions of William Langland's Piers Plowman ⓘ |
| occupation |
lexicographer
ⓘ
philologist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
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Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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