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Theodor Zwinger

Swiss physician1533 to 1588

Wikidata names Petrus Ramus as doctoral advisor, names Bassiano Landi and Vittore Trincavelli as teachers, and lists 6 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Theodor Zwinger, pictured

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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.

Taught6

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

    Johann Nikolaus Stupanus

    born 1542
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Johann Arndt

    born 1555
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Jean de Sponde

    born 1557
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Heinrich Khunrath

    born 1560
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Thomas Fincke

    born 1561
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    John Craig

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.

Education and career3

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