Bill Maurer
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Bill Maurer is an American anthropologist known for his influential work on the anthropology of finance, money, and law.
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| Bill Maurer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6992611 — 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: Bill Maurer Context triple: [Maurer, hasNotableBearer, Bill Maurer]
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A.
Roger E. Broggie
Roger E. Broggie is a steam locomotive at Walt Disney World Railroad named in honor of Disney Imagineer and master machinist Roger E. Broggie, who was instrumental in developing Disney’s early railroad and ride systems.
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B.
Gerald R. Molen
Gerald R. Molen is an American film producer best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg on major films such as "Schindler’s List" and "Jurassic Park."
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C.
Roger D. Lapham
Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
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D.
Bill L. Norton
Bill L. Norton is an American film and television director and screenwriter known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s, including projects in both feature films and popular TV series.
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E.
Jack L. Murray
Jack L. Murray is a film producer best known for his work on the 2009 horror remake "My Bloody Valentine 3D."
- 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: Bill Maurer Target entity description: Bill Maurer is an American anthropologist known for his influential work on the anthropology of finance, money, and law.
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A.
Roger E. Broggie
Roger E. Broggie is a steam locomotive at Walt Disney World Railroad named in honor of Disney Imagineer and master machinist Roger E. Broggie, who was instrumental in developing Disney’s early railroad and ride systems.
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B.
Gerald R. Molen
Gerald R. Molen is an American film producer best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg on major films such as "Schindler’s List" and "Jurassic Park."
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C.
Roger D. Lapham
Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
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D.
Bill L. Norton
Bill L. Norton is an American film and television director and screenwriter known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s, including projects in both feature films and popular TV series.
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E.
Jack L. Murray
Jack L. Murray is a film producer best known for his work on the 2009 horror remake "My Bloody Valentine 3D."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropologist
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human ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | anthropology ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion
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School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine ⓘ
linked to:
School of Social Sciences, UCI
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| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Stanford University
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Vassar College ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Irvine ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic banking
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alternative currencies ⓘ anthropology of finance ⓘ anthropology of law ⓘ anthropology of money ⓘ digital payment systems ⓘ economic anthropology ⓘ legal anthropology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasRole |
academic administrator
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author ⓘ editor ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ethnographic studies of money and payment systems
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foundational contributions to the anthropology of finance ⓘ interdisciplinary work bridging anthropology, law, and economics ⓘ |
| notableWork |
How Would You Like to Pay? How Technology Is Changing the Future of Money
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Mutual Life, Limited: Islamic Banking, Alternative Currencies, Lateral Reason ⓘ Recharting the Caribbean: Land, Law, and Citizenship in the British Virgin Islands ⓘ Technologies of Money ⓘ |
| occupation | anthropologist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Dean of the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine
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Director of the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion ⓘ Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine ⓘ Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
comparative legal systems
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financial inclusion ⓘ mobile money ⓘ payment infrastructures ⓘ regulation of digital finance ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Irvine, California
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linked to:
Irvine
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Instruction
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