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W. G. Unruh
Also known as William George Unruh (OpenAlex)
Canadian physicistborn 1945
Wikidata names John Archibald Wheeler as doctoral advisor, lists 2 doctoral students, and names John Archibald Wheeler as teacher. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 8 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1
From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.
- stated by Wikidata
Students on Wikidata2
From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.
- stated by Wikidataborn 1961
- stated by Wikidataborn 1970
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
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.
- 1 step up
stated by WikidataJohn Archibald Wheeler
- 2 steps up
stated by WikidataKarl Herzfeld
- 3 steps up
stated by WikidataArnold Sommerfeldstated by WikidataFriedrich Hasenöhrl
- 4 steps up
stated by WikidataFerdinand von Lindemannstated by WikidataFranz S. Exner
Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 6 people: 6 stated by Wikidata.
Education and career5
From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.
- until 1971studied
- from 1976
- from 2021worked
- undatedstudied
- undatedworked