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Paul Samuelson

American economist1915 to 2009

Wikidata names Joseph Schumpeter and Wassily Leontief as doctoral advisors and lists 26 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 8 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata26

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors2

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

Taught2

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Lawrence Klein

    born 1920
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Robert C. Merton

    born 1944

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.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 207 people: 207 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career7

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