Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

R. John Hay

New Zealand science executive

Wikidata names Jim White and Reinhart Langer as doctoral advisors and names Jim White as teacher. Linked to Wikidata.

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R. John Hay, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Theses

Advisors on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors1

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

    Jim White

The line above and below1 step

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.

Education and career10

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