This script matches entity names to Wikidata and retrieves additional data from there. This includes a textual description, birth and death dates of people, and geographic coordinates of places. The script takes as input two CSV files, one for people and one for places (see provided samples), and outputs a JSON file.
python entity-matcher.py
Disclaimer: The Sloane Lab Entity Matcher is a work in progress and may require changes before it is ready to be deployed in different projects. The available features are subject to change. If you have any questions about this repository, please contact sloanelab@ucl.ac.uk