John P. Jackson
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John P. Jackson is an American physicist and leading Shroud of Turin researcher who co-founded and led the Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP), becoming one of the most prominent scientific voices on the relic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John P. Jackson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10212186 — 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: John P. Jackson Context triple: [Shroud of Turin Research Project, notableMember, John P. Jackson]
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A.
William Howard Thompson
William Howard Thompson was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas in the early 20th century.
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B.
Robert Daley
Robert Daley is best known as the father of British Olympic diver Tom Daley.
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C.
Robert Daley
Robert Daley is an American film producer best known for his longtime collaboration with Clint Eastwood on numerous movies throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
Hartland Snyder
Hartland Snyder was an American theoretical physicist known for his early work on black hole physics and for being one of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s notable doctoral students.
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E.
John J. Niesz
John J. Niesz is an American educational administrator who serves as the superintendent of the Bayonne School District in New Jersey.
- 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: John P. Jackson Target entity description: John P. Jackson is an American physicist and leading Shroud of Turin researcher who co-founded and led the Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP), becoming one of the most prominent scientific voices on the relic.
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A.
William Howard Thompson
William Howard Thompson was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Kansas in the early 20th century.
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B.
Robert Daley
Robert Daley is best known as the father of British Olympic diver Tom Daley.
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C.
Robert Daley
Robert Daley is an American film producer best known for his longtime collaboration with Clint Eastwood on numerous movies throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
Hartland Snyder
Hartland Snyder was an American theoretical physicist known for his early work on black hole physics and for being one of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s notable doctoral students.
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E.
John J. Niesz
John J. Niesz is an American educational administrator who serves as the superintendent of the Bayonne School District in New Jersey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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Shroud of Turin researcher ⓘ person ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| authorOf | scientific papers on the Shroud of Turin ⓘ |
| coFounderOf |
Shroud of Turin Research Project
ⓘ
linked to:
Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP)
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Colorado College
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United States Air Force Academy ⓘ University of Notre Dame ⓘ |
| employer |
Turin Shroud Center of Colorado
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United States Air Force Academy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Shroud of Turin studies
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image formation on linen ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| founderOf | Turin Shroud Center of Colorado ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicRank | professor ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
dating and history of the Shroud of Turin
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radiative transfer models for Shroud image formation ⓘ three-dimensional information in the Shroud image ⓘ |
| hasRole | principal scientific spokesman on the Shroud of Turin for STURP ⓘ |
| hasView | supports authenticity of the Shroud of Turin as Jesus’ burial cloth ⓘ |
| knownAs | John P. Jackson ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| leaderOf |
Shroud of Turin Research Project
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linked to:
Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP)
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| memberOf |
Shroud of Turin Research Project
ⓘ
linked to:
Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP)
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| notableFor |
co-founding the Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP)
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research on the Shroud of Turin ⓘ |
| occupation |
physicist
ⓘ
university professor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | 1978 STURP examination of the Shroud of Turin ⓘ |
| placeOfWork | Colorado Springs, Colorado ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of the Shroud of Turin Research Project ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| spouse | Rebecca Jackson ⓘ |
| usedInstrument | VP-8 image analyzer in Shroud image studies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: John P. Jackson Description of subject: John P. Jackson is an American physicist and leading Shroud of Turin researcher who co-founded and led the Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP), becoming one of the most prominent scientific voices on the relic.
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