Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

William Herschel

German-born British astronomer and composer1738 to 1822

Wikidata names Nevil Maskelyne as doctoral advisor and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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William Herschel, 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.

Taught2

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 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.