Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Peter Goldreich

American astronomerborn 1939

Wikidata names Thomas Gold as doctoral advisor, lists 5 doctoral students, names Thomas Gold as teacher, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Peter Goldreich, 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 Wikidata5

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

    Thomas Gold

Taught1

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

    Carolyn Porco

    born 1953

The line above and below2 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 10 people: 10 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career3

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