Andrew Jackson Davis
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Andrew Jackson Davis was a 19th-century American spiritualist and trance medium whose writings and lectures helped shape and popularize the early Spiritualist movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Andrew Jackson Davis canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8935260 — 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: Andrew Jackson Davis Context triple: [Spiritualism, hasKeyFigure, Andrew Jackson Davis]
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A.
William Jackson
William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
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B.
Cushman K. Davis
Cushman K. Davis was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota and played a key role in foreign affairs at the turn of the 20th century.
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C.
Thomas Beall Davis
Thomas Beall Davis was an American businessman, railroad executive, and Democratic politician from West Virginia who served in the U.S. House of Representatives in the early 20th century.
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D.
William Branch Giles
William Branch Giles was an early American statesman and U.S. senator from Virginia who was a prominent Jeffersonian Republican and later served as governor of Virginia.
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E.
William Holmes Brown
William Holmes Brown was a long-serving Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, known for his expertise in legislative procedure and influential role in guiding House operations.
- 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: Andrew Jackson Davis Target entity description: Andrew Jackson Davis was a 19th-century American spiritualist and trance medium whose writings and lectures helped shape and popularize the early Spiritualist movement.
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A.
William Jackson
William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
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B.
Cushman K. Davis
Cushman K. Davis was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota and played a key role in foreign affairs at the turn of the 20th century.
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C.
Thomas Beall Davis
Thomas Beall Davis was an American businessman, railroad executive, and Democratic politician from West Virginia who served in the U.S. House of Representatives in the early 20th century.
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D.
William Branch Giles
William Branch Giles was an early American statesman and U.S. senator from Virginia who was a prominent Jeffersonian Republican and later served as governor of Virginia.
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E.
William Holmes Brown
William Holmes Brown was a long-serving Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, known for his expertise in legislative procedure and influential role in guiding House operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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spiritualist ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Poughkeepsie Seer ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1826-08-11 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Blooming Grove, New York, United States
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linked to:
Town of Blooming Grove, New York
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1910-01-13 ⓘ |
| era | Victorian era ⓘ |
| familyName | Davis ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
occultism
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parapsychology ⓘ philosophy of Spiritualism ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
metaphysical literature
ⓘ
spiritualist literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Andrew ⓘ |
| influenced |
American Spiritualism
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linked to:
Spiritualism
early Spiritualist movement ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Swedenborgianism ⓘ |
| inspired |
later New Age thought
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later psychic and mediumistic practices ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
New Thought
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linked to:
new thought
Spiritualism ⓘ |
| name | Andrew Jackson Davis ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Great Harmonia
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The Principles of Nature, Her Divine Revelations, and a Voice to Mankind ⓘ |
| occupation |
lecturer
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spiritualist ⓘ trance medium ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Watertown, Massachusetts, United States
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linked to:
Watertown, Massachusetts
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| religiousBelief | Spiritualism ⓘ |
| residence |
Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
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linked to:
Poughkeepsie, New York
|
| subjectOf | history of Spiritualism ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
afterlife
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cosmology ⓘ healing ⓘ spirit communication ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (4)
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