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Joseph O. Hirschfelder
American physicist1911 to 1990
Wikidata names Eugene Paul Wigner, Henry Eyring, and Hugh Stott Taylor as doctoral advisors and lists 3 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 4 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata3
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Students on Wikidata3
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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 WikidataEugene Paul Wignerstated by WikidataHenry Eyringstated by WikidataHugh Stott Taylor
- 2 steps up
stated by WikidataGeorge Ernest Gibsonstated by WikidataMichael Polanyi
- 3 steps up
stated by WikidataGusztáv Buchböckstated by WikidataOtto Lummer
- 4 steps up
stated by WikidataCarl von Thanstated by WikidataHermann von Helmholtz
Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 18 people: 18 stated by Wikidata.
Education and career2
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