Use one authority record per real person or organization. Source-specific roles and credit order belong in Source Contributions.
Identity
Canonical identity
Record the preferred public name and normalized Sort Name. For people, separate given, middle, family, and suffix fields when known.
Disambiguation
Record affiliations, dates, pseudonyms, similarly named people, or other details needed to prevent mistaken identity.
Authority summary
Jack Daniel's nephew and successor operator whose out-of-state operations and 1923 St. Louis corporate transaction provide the named continuity case study.
Verification note
Use the TSLA exhibit and primary court opinion for role-specific facts. No ORCID applies.