Academic Ancestry

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Pierre-Joseph Desault

French surgeon1738 to 1795

Wikidata names Antoine Louis as doctoral advisor, lists 1 doctoral student, names Jean Louis Petit as teacher, and lists 5 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Pierre-Joseph Desault, 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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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata1

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

    Jean Louis Petit

Taught5

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

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 5 people: 5 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career2

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