Academic Ancestry

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Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist1874 to 1939

Wikidata names Adolf Furtwängler as doctoral advisor, lists 1 doctoral student, names Adolf Furtwängler as teacher, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, VIAF, and 3 other registers.

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Hermann Thiersch, 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 mentors1

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

Taught2

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

    Hans Möbius

    born 1895
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Johann Friedrich Crome

    born 1906

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 1 person: 1 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career2

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