Samuel P. Ferguson: advisors and students

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Samuel P. Ferguson

American mathematician

Wikidata names Thomas Callister Hales as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 3 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Thomas Callister Hales

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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.

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stated by WikidataThomas Callister Hales
2 steps up
stated by WikidataRobert Langlands
3 steps up
stated by WikidataCassius Ionescu-Tulcea
4 steps up
stated by WikidataEinar Hille

Education and career1

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undated
University of Michigan
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At a glance

known as: mathematician
awards: David P. Robbins Prize, 2007, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2013
member of: American Mathematical Society, from 2012

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identity

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stated by WikidataVIAF221226708
stated by WikidataGND1029594538
stated by WikidataISNI0000000360999955

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project151199

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Read on 27 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Samuel P. Ferguson: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q15955478},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Samuel P. Ferguson: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q15955478