Sir Martyn Poliakoff
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Sir Martyn Poliakoff is a British chemist and science communicator best known for his work in green chemistry and for presenting the popular YouTube series "The Periodic Table of Videos."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Martyn Poliakoff | 1 |
| Sir Martyn Poliakoff canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11439833 — 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: Sir Martyn Poliakoff Context triple: [Nottingham High School, hasNotableAlumni, Sir Martyn Poliakoff]
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A.
George Levick
George Levick was a British Royal Navy surgeon, Antarctic explorer, and photographer best known for his role in Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition and his pioneering observations of penguin behavior.
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B.
Ivo Watts-Russell
Ivo Watts-Russell is a British record producer and music executive best known for co-founding and curating the influential independent label 4AD and the collaborative project This Mortal Coil.
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C.
Clive Mitten
Clive Mitten is a British musician best known as a founding member and bassist of the neo-progressive rock band Twelfth Night.
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D.
Bernard Bresslaw
Bernard Bresslaw was a British comic actor best known for his towering height and recurring roles in the "Carry On" film series.
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E.
Daniel Bagnold
Daniel Bagnold is the moody, metal-loving teenage son at the heart of the coming-of-age story "Days of the Bagnold Summer."
- 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: Sir Martyn Poliakoff Target entity description: Sir Martyn Poliakoff is a British chemist and science communicator best known for his work in green chemistry and for presenting the popular YouTube series "The Periodic Table of Videos."
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A.
George Levick
George Levick was a British Royal Navy surgeon, Antarctic explorer, and photographer best known for his role in Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition and his pioneering observations of penguin behavior.
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B.
Ivo Watts-Russell
Ivo Watts-Russell is a British record producer and music executive best known for co-founding and curating the influential independent label 4AD and the collaborative project This Mortal Coil.
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C.
Clive Mitten
Clive Mitten is a British musician best known as a founding member and bassist of the neo-progressive rock band Twelfth Night.
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D.
Bernard Bresslaw
Bernard Bresslaw was a British comic actor best known for his towering height and recurring roles in the "Carry On" film series.
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E.
Daniel Bagnold
Daniel Bagnold is the moody, metal-loving teenage son at the heart of the coming-of-age story "Days of the Bagnold Summer."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
ⓘ
chemist ⓘ human ⓘ science communicator ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | chemistry ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Periodic Videos YouTube channel ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
ⓘ
Fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ
linked to:
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
Knight Bachelor ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Brady Haran
ⓘ
linked to:
Hank Green
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-12-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
Westminster School ⓘ |
| employer | University of Nottingham ⓘ |
| familyName | Poliakoff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
ⓘ
green chemistry ⓘ inorganic chemistry ⓘ |
| genre | science communication ⓘ |
| givenName | Martyn ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | J. J. Turner ⓘ |
| hasEthnicOrigin | Russian-Jewish descent ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
green chemistry
ⓘ
supercritical fluids ⓘ sustainable chemistry ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| isLivingPerson | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
The Periodic Table of Videos YouTube series
ⓘ
linked to:
The Periodic Table of Videos
popularization of chemistry ⓘ work in green chemistry ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| name |
Martyn Poliakoff
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Martyn Poliakoff
|
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Periodic Table of Videos
ⓘ
research in green chemistry ⓘ research on supercritical fluids ⓘ |
| occupation |
chemist
ⓘ
science communicator ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| platform | YouTube ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Foreign Secretary and Vice-President of the Royal Society
ⓘ
Professor of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham ⓘ Research Professor of Chemistry ⓘ |
| residence | Nottingham ⓘ |
| sibling | Stephen Poliakoff ⓘ |
| workplace | University of Nottingham ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sir Martyn Poliakoff Description of subject: Sir Martyn Poliakoff is a British chemist and science communicator best known for his work in green chemistry and for presenting the popular YouTube series "The Periodic Table of Videos."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sir Martyn Poliakoff