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Christopher Isham

British physicistborn 1944

Wikidata names Abdus Salam and Paul Taunton Matthews as doctoral advisors and lists 8 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Students on Wikidata8

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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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 45 people: 45 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career2

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