Academic Ancestry

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Elinor Ostrom

American political economist1933 to 2012

Wikidata names Dwaine Marvick as doctoral advisor, lists 1 doctoral student, and names Armen Alchian and Jack Hirshleifer as teachers. Linked to Wikidata, Google Scholar, and 7 other registers.

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Elinor Ostrom, 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 Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors2

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

    Armen Alchian

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

    Jack Hirshleifer

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.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 2 people: 2 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career6

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