Charles Coulson
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Charles Coulson was a prominent British theoretical chemist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in quantum chemistry and for authoring the influential book "Valence."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles Alfred Coulson | 1 |
| Charles Coulson canonical | 1 |
| Coulson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T747517 — 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: Charles Coulson Context triple: [Christopher Longuet-Higgins, doctoralAdvisor, Charles Coulson]
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A.
Nevil Macready
Nevil Macready was a British Army general best known for serving as Commander-in-Chief in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence.
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B.
Roland Caulder
Roland Caulder is an actor known for his role in the film "The Iron Mask."
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C.
Raymond Collishaw
Raymond Collishaw was a Canadian First World War flying ace and one of the highest-scoring fighter pilots of the conflict.
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D.
Alfred Harker
Alfred Harker was a British geologist and petrologist renowned for his pioneering work on igneous rocks and the geology of the British Isles.
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E.
Henry Jones
Henry Jones was an American character actor known for his distinctive supporting roles in film, television, and theater throughout the mid-20th century.
- 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: Charles Coulson Target entity description: Charles Coulson was a prominent British theoretical chemist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in quantum chemistry and for authoring the influential book "Valence."
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A.
Nevil Macready
Nevil Macready was a British Army general best known for serving as Commander-in-Chief in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence.
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B.
Roland Caulder
Roland Caulder is an actor known for his role in the film "The Iron Mask."
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C.
Raymond Collishaw
Raymond Collishaw was a Canadian First World War flying ace and one of the highest-scoring fighter pilots of the conflict.
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D.
Alfred Harker
Alfred Harker was a British geologist and petrologist renowned for his pioneering work on igneous rocks and the geology of the British Isles.
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E.
Henry Jones
Henry Jones was an American character actor known for his distinctive supporting roles in film, television, and theater throughout the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mathematician
ⓘ
person ⓘ quantum chemist ⓘ theoretical chemist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
PhD
ⓘ
linked to:
Doctor of Philosophy
|
| authorOf | Valence ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the Royal Society
ⓘ
linked to:
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
|
| birthDate | 1910-12-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Dudley, Worcestershire, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Dudley
|
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBurialOrCremation | 1974 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1974-01-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Trinity College, Cambridge
ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
University of London ⓘ |
| employer |
King's College London
ⓘ
linked to:
King’s College London
University of London ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName |
Coulson
ⓘ
linked to:
Charles Coulson
|
| fieldOfWork |
mathematics
ⓘ
quantum chemistry ⓘ theoretical chemistry ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | physical chemistry ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern quantum chemistry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
book "Valence"
ⓘ
molecular orbital theory ⓘ pioneering work in quantum chemistry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
chemical bonding
ⓘ
molecular structure ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| name |
Charles Alfred Coulson
ⓘ
linked to:
Charles Coulson
|
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins
ⓘ
linked to:
Christopher Longuet-Higgins
|
| notableWork | Valence ⓘ |
| occupation |
chemist
ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Oxford
ⓘ
Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
Oxford, England ⓘ
linked to:
Oxford
|
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: Charles Coulson Description of subject: Charles Coulson was a prominent British theoretical chemist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in quantum chemistry and for authoring the influential book "Valence."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Charles Coulson
linked to: Charles Coulson