Miguel Ángel de Quevedo (engineer)
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Miguel Ángel de Quevedo (engineer) was a Mexican civil engineer, environmentalist, and conservation pioneer known as the “Apostle of the Tree” for his influential work in forestry, urban parks, and environmental protection in Mexico.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Miguel Ángel de Quevedo (engineer) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9118704 — 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: Miguel Ángel de Quevedo (engineer) Context triple: [Miguel Ángel de Quevedo, namedAfter, Miguel Ángel de Quevedo (engineer)]
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Miguel Ángel de Quevedo
Miguel Ángel de Quevedo is a Mexico City Metro station on Line 3, named after the Mexican engineer and environmentalist known as the "Apostle of the Tree."
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Metro Miguel Ángel de Quevedo
Metro Miguel Ángel de Quevedo is a Mexico City Metro station on Line 3 that serves the Coyoacán area in the southern part of the city.
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Antonio del Río
Antonio del Río was an 18th-century Spanish military officer and antiquarian known for conducting one of the first documented excavations and descriptions of the Maya ruins at Palenque in present-day Mexico.
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Agustín Muñoz Grandes
Agustín Muñoz Grandes was a Spanish general and prominent Francoist military leader best known for commanding Spanish forces that fought alongside Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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E.
Francisco de Robles
Francisco de Robles was a Spanish bookseller and publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote in the early 17th century.
- 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: Miguel Ángel de Quevedo (engineer) Target entity description: Miguel Ángel de Quevedo (engineer) was a Mexican civil engineer, environmentalist, and conservation pioneer known as the “Apostle of the Tree” for his influential work in forestry, urban parks, and environmental protection in Mexico.
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A.
Miguel Ángel de Quevedo
Miguel Ángel de Quevedo is a Mexico City Metro station on Line 3, named after the Mexican engineer and environmentalist known as the "Apostle of the Tree."
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B.
Metro Miguel Ángel de Quevedo
Metro Miguel Ángel de Quevedo is a Mexico City Metro station on Line 3 that serves the Coyoacán area in the southern part of the city.
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C.
Antonio del Río
Antonio del Río was an 18th-century Spanish military officer and antiquarian known for conducting one of the first documented excavations and descriptions of the Maya ruins at Palenque in present-day Mexico.
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D.
Agustín Muñoz Grandes
Agustín Muñoz Grandes was a Spanish general and prominent Francoist military leader best known for commanding Spanish forces that fought alongside Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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E.
Francisco de Robles
Francisco de Robles was a Spanish bookseller and publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote in the early 17th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil engineer
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conservationist ⓘ environmentalist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | North America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Mexico ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1862-09-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1946-07-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
School of Bridges and Roads of Paris
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linked to:
École des Ponts et Chaussées
École des Ponts et Chaussées ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mexican ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil engineering
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conservation ⓘ environmental protection ⓘ forestry ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Mexican environmental policy
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development of national parks system in Mexico ⓘ urban park design in Mexico City ⓘ |
| honouredIn |
Avenida Miguel Ángel de Quevedo in Mexico City
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Metro Miguel Ángel de Quevedo station in Mexico City ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for forest conservation laws
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design and promotion of urban green areas ⓘ promotion of tree planting in Mexico ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
French
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Spanish ⓘ |
| movement |
conservation movement in Mexico
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early environmentalism in Latin America ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| nickname | Apostle of the Tree ⓘ |
| notableFor |
creation of urban parks in Mexico City
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environmental protection initiatives in Mexico ⓘ forestry policy in Mexico ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
integration of urban planning and green spaces
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state-led forest conservation in Mexico ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil engineer
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environmentalist ⓘ forestry engineer ⓘ public official ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Mexico City, Mexico
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linked to:
Mexico City
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| positionHeld |
director of national parks in Mexico
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head of Mexico’s forestry services ⓘ |
| workedOn |
creation of national parks in Mexico
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reforestation programs in Mexico ⓘ regulation of forest exploitation in Mexico ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Miguel Ángel de Quevedo (engineer) Description of subject: Miguel Ángel de Quevedo (engineer) was a Mexican civil engineer, environmentalist, and conservation pioneer known as the “Apostle of the Tree” for his influential work in forestry, urban parks, and environmental protection in Mexico.
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