Bruce Lockhart Robertson Shawyer: advisors and students

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Bruce Lockhart Robertson Shawyer

Ph.D. University of St. Andrews 19631937 to 2021

Wikidata names David Borwein as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and VIAF.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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David Borwein

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataDavid Borwein
2 steps up
stated by WikidataLancelot Stephen Bosanquet
3 steps up
stated by WikidataG.H. Hardy
4 steps up
stated by WikidataAugustus Edward Hough Lovestated by WikidataE. T. Whittaker

Education and career4

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

1962 to 1966
University of Nottingham
worked
1966 to 1985
University of Western Ontario
worked
1985 to 2002
Memorial University of Newfoundland
worked
undated
University of St Andrews
studied

At a glance

known as: mathematician, university teacher

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere3

identity

stated by WikidataWikidataQ102198340
stated by WikidataVIAF39473884

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project42736

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Read on 27 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q102198340,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Bruce Lockhart Robertson Shawyer: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q102198340},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Bruce Lockhart Robertson Shawyer: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q102198340