Peter Lowe
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Peter Lowe was a Scottish surgeon of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who played a key role in professionalizing medical practice in Glasgow.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Lowe canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11109785 — 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: Peter Lowe Context triple: [Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, foundedBy, Peter Lowe]
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A.
Bill Lowry
Bill Lowry is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Lowry.
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B.
Daniel Low
Daniel Low is known primarily as the son of George M. Low, the prominent NASA engineer and administrator involved in the Apollo program.
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C.
Frank Lowe
Frank Lowe was an American free jazz saxophonist known for his intense, avant-garde style and collaborations with leading figures of the 1960s and 1970s jazz avant-garde.
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D.
Thomas Lownds
Thomas Lownds was an 18th-century London publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
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E.
Leonard Lowe
Leonard Lowe is a patient with encephalitis lethargica whose temporary revival through experimental treatment forms the emotional core of Oliver Sacks’ memoir and its film adaptation "Awakenings."
- 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: Peter Lowe Target entity description: Peter Lowe was a Scottish surgeon of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who played a key role in professionalizing medical practice in Glasgow.
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A.
Bill Lowry
Bill Lowry is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Lowry.
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B.
Daniel Low
Daniel Low is known primarily as the son of George M. Low, the prominent NASA engineer and administrator involved in the Apollo program.
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C.
Frank Lowe
Frank Lowe was an American free jazz saxophonist known for his intense, avant-garde style and collaborations with leading figures of the 1960s and 1970s jazz avant-garde.
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D.
Thomas Lownds
Thomas Lownds was an 18th-century London publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
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E.
Leonard Lowe
Leonard Lowe is a patient with encephalitis lethargica whose temporary revival through experimental treatment forms the emotional core of Oliver Sacks’ memoir and its film adaptation "Awakenings."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish surgeon
ⓘ
medical writer ⓘ person ⓘ surgeon ⓘ |
| authorOf |
A Discourse of the Whole Art of Chirurgerie
ⓘ
linked to:
The Whole Course of Chirurgerie
The Whole Course of Chirurgerie ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Glasgow Cathedral ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
16th century
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17th century ⓘ |
| coFounded | Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1550 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1610 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow historical records
ⓘ
Scottish medical history works ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Paris medical schools
ⓘ
University of Paris ⓘ |
| employer |
French army
ⓘ
linked to:
French Army
King of France ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
medical education
ⓘ
medicine ⓘ surgery ⓘ |
| founded | Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | army surgeon ⓘ |
| influenced |
medical standards in Glasgow
ⓘ
regulation of surgeons in Scotland ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| movement | professionalization of surgery ⓘ |
| name | Peter Lowe ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding a medical incorporation in Glasgow
ⓘ
professionalizing medical practice in Glasgow ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Discourse of the Whole Art of Chirurgerie
ⓘ
linked to:
The Whole Course of Chirurgerie
The Whole Course of Chirurgerie ⓘ |
| occupation |
medical author
ⓘ
physician ⓘ surgeon ⓘ |
| participantIn |
French Wars of Religion
ⓘ
military campaigns in France ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Ayrshire
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Glasgow ⓘ |
| positionHeld | founder of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestantism
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| residence | Glasgow ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
France
ⓘ
Glasgow ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Peter Lowe Description of subject: Peter Lowe was a Scottish surgeon of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who played a key role in professionalizing medical practice in Glasgow.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.