Academic Ancestry

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Ernest Renan

French philosopher and writer1823 to 1892

Wikidata names Etienne Marc Quatremère as doctoral advisor, names Arthur-Marie Le Hir as teacher, and lists 3 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Ernest Renan, 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.

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.

Taught3

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

    Eugène Ledrain

    born 1844
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Charles Clermont-Ganneau

    born 1846
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Ahmet Ağaoğlu

    born 1869

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 career4

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