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Amartya Sen

Also known as Amartya Kumar Sen (OpenAlex)

Indian economist and philosopher (1933-)born 1933

Wikidata names Joan Robinson as doctoral advisor, lists 5 doctoral students, and names Amiya Kumar Dasgupta, Joan Robinson, and Piero Sraffa as teachers. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 8 other registers.

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Amartya Sen, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Dashed lines come from thesis records, 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 Wikidata5

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors3

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

    Amiya Kumar Dasgupta

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

    Joan Robinson

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

    Piero Sraffa

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.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 14 people: 14 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career11

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