Academic Ancestry

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Tom Wilson

Geological scientist in New Zealand

Wikidata names André Dantas, David Johnston, Jim Cole, and Shane Cronin as doctoral advisors, lists 6 doctoral students, and lists 4 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 2 other registers.

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Tom Wilson, pictured

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

How to read the marksstated by Wikidata or indexed by OpenAlexclaimed on an ORCID list, or inferred

Theses

Advisors on Wikidata4

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata6

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Taught4

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

    Finn Scheele

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

    Josh L. Hayes

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

    Katherine Yates

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

    Kristie-Lee Thomas

The line above and below3 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 6 people: 6 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career2

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