Allan V. Cox
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Allan V. Cox was an American geophysicist renowned for his pioneering work on paleomagnetism and plate tectonics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Allan V. Cox canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9347281 — 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: Allan V. Cox Context triple: [Penrose Medal, notableRecipient, Allan V. Cox]
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A.
Allan J. Hook
Allan J. Hook was an artist associated with the Cullercoats artist colony, a noted 19th-century community of painters on the northeast coast of England.
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B.
Fred M. Wilcox
Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
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C.
Allan F. Nicholls
Allan F. Nicholls is an American actor, director, and screenwriter known for his collaborations with filmmaker Robert Altman in the 1970s.
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D.
Robert N. Fitch
Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
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E.
Robert J. Kolenkow
Robert J. Kolenkow is a physicist and educator best known as the co-author of the influential undergraduate textbook "An Introduction to Mechanics."
- 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: Allan V. Cox Target entity description: Allan V. Cox was an American geophysicist renowned for his pioneering work on paleomagnetism and plate tectonics.
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A.
Allan J. Hook
Allan J. Hook was an artist associated with the Cullercoats artist colony, a noted 19th-century community of painters on the northeast coast of England.
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B.
Fred M. Wilcox
Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
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C.
Allan F. Nicholls
Allan F. Nicholls is an American actor, director, and screenwriter known for his collaborations with filmmaker Robert Altman in the 1970s.
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D.
Robert N. Fitch
Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
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E.
Robert J. Kolenkow
Robert J. Kolenkow is a physicist and educator best known as the co-author of the influential undergraduate textbook "An Introduction to Mechanics."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geophysicist
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human ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in geophysics ⓘ |
| affiliation | Department of Geophysics, Stanford University ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
G. K. Gilbert Award
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Vetlesen Prize ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | airplane crash ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith |
Brent Dalrymple
ⓘ
Richard R. Doell ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1926-12-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-01-27 ⓘ |
| discipline | Earth sciences ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Pomona College
ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer | Stanford University ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Cox ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
geophysics
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paleomagnetism ⓘ plate tectonics ⓘ |
| givenName | Allan ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | development of plate tectonics theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
establishing geomagnetic polarity time scale
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research on seafloor spreading ⓘ studies of geomagnetic reversals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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linked to:
National Academy of Sciences
|
| name | Allan V. Cox ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to plate tectonics theory
ⓘ
pioneering work on paleomagnetism ⓘ |
| notableWork | papers on geomagnetic polarity time scale ⓘ |
| occupation | geophysicist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Santa Ana, California, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Stanford, California, United States
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linked to:
Stanford, California
|
| researchFocus |
correlation of magnetic reversals with geologic time
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paleomagnetic dating of rocks ⓘ |
| studied |
Earth’s magnetic field
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magnetization of rocks ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Stanford, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Stanford, California
|
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Subject: Allan V. Cox Description of subject: Allan V. Cox was an American geophysicist renowned for his pioneering work on paleomagnetism and plate tectonics.
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