Samuel Lysons
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Samuel Lysons was a prominent early 19th-century English antiquary and archaeologist known for his influential excavations and publications on Roman Britain.
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| Samuel Lysons canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Lysons Context triple: [Bignor Roman Villa, excavatedBy, Samuel Lysons]
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Peter Worsley
Peter Worsley is a film and television producer known for his work on music-related documentaries, including serving as an executive producer on the Abbey Road Studios documentary "If These Walls Could Sing."
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B.
Edward Blore
Edward Blore was a 19th-century British architect best known for his work on major royal and ecclesiastical buildings, including the expansion and redesign of Buckingham Palace.
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C.
Daniel Horsmanden
Daniel Horsmanden was an 18th-century New York judge and diarist best known for orchestrating and documenting the controversial trials during the 1741 slave conspiracy panic.
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D.
William Sandys
William Sandys was a 19th-century English antiquarian and collector of Christmas carols, noted for helping to popularize traditional songs such as "The First Noël."
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E.
John Brownrigg
John Brownrigg was an architect best known for designing the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, England.
- 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: Samuel Lysons Target entity description: Samuel Lysons was a prominent early 19th-century English antiquary and archaeologist known for his influential excavations and publications on Roman Britain.
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A.
Peter Worsley
Peter Worsley is a film and television producer known for his work on music-related documentaries, including serving as an executive producer on the Abbey Road Studios documentary "If These Walls Could Sing."
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B.
Edward Blore
Edward Blore was a 19th-century British architect best known for his work on major royal and ecclesiastical buildings, including the expansion and redesign of Buckingham Palace.
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C.
Daniel Horsmanden
Daniel Horsmanden was an 18th-century New York judge and diarist best known for orchestrating and documenting the controversial trials during the 1741 slave conspiracy panic.
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D.
William Sandys
William Sandys was a 19th-century English antiquarian and collector of Christmas carols, noted for helping to popularize traditional songs such as "The First Noël."
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E.
John Brownrigg
John Brownrigg was an architect best known for designing the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English antiquary
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Fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ antiquary ⓘ archaeologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1810s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1780s ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1763-05-17 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Roden, Gloucestershire ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of Romano-British archaeology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBurial | 1819-07-03 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1819-06-29 ⓘ |
| describedAs | prominent early 19th-century English antiquary and archaeologist ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Bath Grammar School
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The Queen's College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Roman Britain
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antiquarian studies ⓘ archaeology ⓘ |
| genre | antiquarian literature ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Daniel Lysons ⓘ |
| influenced | later studies of Roman Britain ⓘ |
| knownFor |
illustrated folio volumes on Roman mosaics and villas
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systematic recording of Roman archaeological finds ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Royal Society
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Society of Antiquaries of London ⓘ |
| name | Samuel Lysons ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
excavations of Roman sites in Britain
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publications on Roman Britain ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Account of Roman Antiquities discovered at Woodchester
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An Account of the Remains of a Roman Villa discovered at Bignor in Sussex ⓘ
linked to:
Bignor Roman Villa
Reliquiae Britannico-Romanae ⓘ |
| occupation |
antiquary
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archaeologist ⓘ barrister ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Roden, Gloucestershire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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linked to:
Cirencester
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| positionHeld |
Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London
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Vice-President of the Society of Antiquaries of London ⓘ |
| sibling | Daniel Lysons ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Gloucestershire
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London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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