Mary Lee Ware
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Mary Lee Ware was an American philanthropist and patron of science best known for financing Harvard University’s famous Blaschka Glass Models of Plants (the “Glass Flowers”).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Lee Ware canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T173046 — 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: Mary Lee Ware Context triple: [Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, fundedBy, Mary Lee Ware]
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A.
Mary Lee Woods
Mary Lee Woods was a British mathematician and computer scientist who worked on early computers at Ferranti and was the mother of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
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B.
Lucille Sheardown
Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
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C.
Mary Easty
Mary Easty was a respected Salem, Massachusetts woman who was falsely accused of witchcraft and executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials, later remembered for her dignified plea for justice.
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D.
Dorothy Cotton
Dorothy Cotton was a prominent civil rights activist and educator who served as the education director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr.
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E.
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Mary Elizabeth Ellis is an American actress and comedian best known for her recurring role as The Waitress on the TV series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
- 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: Mary Lee Ware Target entity description: Mary Lee Ware was an American philanthropist and patron of science best known for financing Harvard University’s famous Blaschka Glass Models of Plants (the “Glass Flowers”).
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A.
Mary Lee Woods
Mary Lee Woods was a British mathematician and computer scientist who worked on early computers at Ferranti and was the mother of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
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B.
Lucille Sheardown
Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
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C.
Mary Easty
Mary Easty was a respected Salem, Massachusetts woman who was falsely accused of witchcraft and executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials, later remembered for her dignified plea for justice.
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D.
Dorothy Cotton
Dorothy Cotton was a prominent civil rights activist and educator who served as the education director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr.
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E.
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Mary Elizabeth Ellis is an American actress and comedian best known for her recurring role as The Waitress on the TV series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
patron of science ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Harvard University
ⓘ
Harvard University Botanical Museum ⓘ
linked to:
Harvard University Herbaria
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard University Botanical Museum
ⓘ
linked to:
Harvard University Herbaria
|
| fieldOfWork |
philanthropy
ⓘ
scientific patronage ⓘ |
| genre | philanthropy ⓘ |
| hasFather | Charles Eliot Ware ⓘ |
| hasMother | Elizabeth Cabot Lee ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Charles Eliot Ware
ⓘ
Elizabeth Cabot Lee ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for botanical education through glass models
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ensuring completion of the Glass Flowers collection after her mother’s death ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
financing the Blaschka Glass Models of Plants
ⓘ
supporting the Harvard University Glass Flowers collection ⓘ |
| notableWork |
arranging contracts between Harvard and the Blaschkas
ⓘ
long‑term financial support of the Glass Flowers project ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Blaschka Glass Models of Plants
ⓘ
Harvard University Botanical Museum ⓘ
linked to:
Harvard University Herbaria
Leopold Blaschka ⓘ Rudolf Blaschka ⓘ
linked to:
Leopold Blaschka
|
| placeOfActivity |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
New Hampshire ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Mary Lee Ware Description of subject: Mary Lee Ware was an American philanthropist and patron of science best known for financing Harvard University’s famous Blaschka Glass Models of Plants (the “Glass Flowers”).
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.