Paul Farmer
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Paul Farmer was an American physician and anthropologist renowned for co-founding Partners In Health and pioneering community-based global health care for the poor.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T60473 — 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: Paul Farmer Context triple: [Sydney Peace Prize, hasRecipient, Paul Farmer]
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William H. Foege
William H. Foege is an American epidemiologist and former CDC director renowned for his pivotal role in developing the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox.
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Anthony S. Fauci
Anthony S. Fauci is an American physician-scientist and longtime director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, known for his leading role in federal responses to HIV/AIDS and COVID-19.
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C.
Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond is an American geographer, historian, and author best known for his influential, interdisciplinary books on human societies, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning "Guns, Germs, and Steel."
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D.
Rita R. Colwell
Rita R. Colwell is an American microbiologist and former director of the National Science Foundation renowned for her pioneering research on cholera and environmental microbiology.
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E.
Hugo van Lawick
Hugo van Lawick was a Dutch wildlife filmmaker and photographer renowned for documenting African wildlife and extensively filming Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research in Gombe.
- 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: Paul Farmer Target entity description: Paul Farmer was an American physician and anthropologist renowned for co-founding Partners In Health and pioneering community-based global health care for the poor.
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A.
William H. Foege
William H. Foege is an American epidemiologist and former CDC director renowned for his pivotal role in developing the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox.
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B.
Anthony S. Fauci
Anthony S. Fauci is an American physician-scientist and longtime director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, known for his leading role in federal responses to HIV/AIDS and COVID-19.
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C.
Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond is an American geographer, historian, and author best known for his influential, interdisciplinary books on human societies, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning "Guns, Germs, and Steel."
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D.
Rita R. Colwell
Rita R. Colwell is an American microbiologist and former director of the National Science Foundation renowned for her pioneering research on cholera and environmental microbiology.
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E.
Hugo van Lawick
Hugo van Lawick was a Dutch wildlife filmmaker and photographer renowned for documenting African wildlife and extensively filming Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research in Gombe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
global health advocate
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human ⓘ medical anthropologist ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize (Partners In Health)
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Hilton Humanitarian Prize (as part of Partners In Health) ⓘ MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ Public Welfare Medal of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences ⓘ Sierra Leone’s Order of the Rokel (via PIH work recognition) ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Haiti ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | acute cardiac event ⓘ |
| coFounded |
Partners In Health
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Zanmi Lasante ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1959-10-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-02-21 ⓘ |
| degree |
MD from Harvard Medical School
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PhD in anthropology from Harvard University ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Duke University
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Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer |
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Harvard Medical School ⓘ |
| familyName | Farmer ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
global health
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infectious diseases ⓘ medical anthropology ⓘ public health ⓘ |
| fullName |
Paul Edward Farmer
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linked to:
Paul Farmer
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| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| influenced | global health equity movement ⓘ |
| influencedBy | liberation theology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for health care as a human right
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co-founding Partners In Health ⓘ pioneering community-based health care for the poor ⓘ work in Haiti on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis ⓘ |
| mottoOrBelief | “the idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world” ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Haiti After the Earthquake
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Infections and Inequalities ⓘ Mountains Beyond Mountains ⓘ Pathologies of Power ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
anthropologist
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physician ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
North Adams, Massachusetts, United States
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linked to:
North Adams, Massachusetts
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| placeOfDeath | Butaro, Rwanda ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School
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Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital ⓘ Kolokotrones University Professor at Harvard University ⓘ Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Community-based Medicine and Lessons from Haiti ⓘ
linked to:
Paul Farmer
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| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Didi Bertrand Farmer ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Haiti
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Peru ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
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Subject: Paul Farmer Description of subject: Paul Farmer was an American physician and anthropologist renowned for co-founding Partners In Health and pioneering community-based global health care for the poor.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer
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positionHeld
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Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Community-based Medicine and Lessons from Haiti
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linked to: Paul Farmer
subject linked to:
Tracy Kidder
linked to: Paul Farmer