Economic History Society
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The Economic History Society is a scholarly organization dedicated to promoting the study, teaching, and public understanding of economic and social history, particularly in the United Kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Economic History Society canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9019526 — 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: Economic History Society Context triple: [Eileen Power, coFounded, Economic History Society]
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A.
Royal Economic Society
The Royal Economic Society is a leading professional association in the United Kingdom dedicated to promoting the study and advancement of economics through research, publications, and events.
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B.
Department of Economic and Social History
The Department of Economic and Social History is an academic unit that researches and teaches how economies and societies have developed and interacted over time.
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C.
American Economic Association
The American Economic Association is a leading professional organization of economists in the United States, best known for publishing influential academic journals and hosting major conferences in the field of economics.
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D.
Society of Business Economists
The Society of Business Economists is a UK-based professional association that brings together economists working in business, finance, and policy to share analysis, research, and best practices.
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E.
Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society
The Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society is a distinguished body of historians recognized for their significant contributions to historical scholarship and the advancement of the discipline.
- 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: Economic History Society Target entity description: The Economic History Society is a scholarly organization dedicated to promoting the study, teaching, and public understanding of economic and social history, particularly in the United Kingdom.
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A.
Royal Economic Society
The Royal Economic Society is a leading professional association in the United Kingdom dedicated to promoting the study and advancement of economics through research, publications, and events.
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B.
Department of Economic and Social History
The Department of Economic and Social History is an academic unit that researches and teaches how economies and societies have developed and interacted over time.
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C.
American Economic Association
The American Economic Association is a leading professional organization of economists in the United States, best known for publishing influential academic journals and hosting major conferences in the field of economics.
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D.
Society of Business Economists
The Society of Business Economists is a UK-based professional association that brings together economists working in business, finance, and policy to share analysis, research, and best practices.
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E.
Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society
The Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society is a distinguished body of historians recognized for their significant contributions to historical scholarship and the advancement of the discipline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-profit organization
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publisher of academic journals ⓘ scholarly organization ⓘ |
| awards |
prizes for best articles in economic history
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prizes for best theses in economic history ⓘ |
| basedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
British Academy
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Royal Historical Society ⓘ economic history departments at UK universities ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discipline |
economics
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history ⓘ |
| field |
economic history
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social history ⓘ |
| focus |
United Kingdom economic history
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United Kingdom social history ⓘ |
| founded | 1926 ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
granting prizes and awards
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maintaining membership network ⓘ organizing academic conferences ⓘ public engagement in economic history ⓘ supporting early-career researchers ⓘ supporting research in economic history ⓘ supporting teaching of economic history ⓘ |
| hasPublication |
Economic History Review
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newsletter of the Economic History Society ⓘ occasional publications and pamphlets ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| membershipType |
individual members
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institutional members ⓘ |
| organizes |
annual conference
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seminars and workshops ⓘ |
| promotes |
comparative and international perspectives in economic history
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interdisciplinary approaches to economic and social history ⓘ use of quantitative methods in historical research ⓘ |
| purpose |
promotion of the public understanding of economic history
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promotion of the public understanding of social history ⓘ promotion of the study of economic history ⓘ promotion of the study of social history ⓘ promotion of the teaching of economic history ⓘ promotion of the teaching of social history ⓘ |
| subjectOf | research on the history of economic history as a discipline ⓘ |
| supports |
archival research in economic history
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teaching resources in economic history ⓘ |
| website | https://ehs.org.uk/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Economic History Society Description of subject: The Economic History Society is a scholarly organization dedicated to promoting the study, teaching, and public understanding of economic and social history, particularly in the United Kingdom.
Referenced by (4)
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