Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Dietmar Kienast

German historian of classical antiquity1925 to 2012

Wikidata names Hans Schaefer as doctoral advisor, names Hans Schaefer and Hans Ulrich Instinsky as teachers, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, VIAF, and 3 other registers.

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 OpenAlex

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.

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

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 career7

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