Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Neil Gorsuch

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2017 (born 1967)born 1967

Wikidata names John Finnis as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

Neil Gorsuch, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

How to read the marksstated by Wikidata or indexed by OpenAlex

Theses

Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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.

Education and career10

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