Academic Ancestry

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Jean Bollack

French philosopher and philologist1923 to 2012

Wikidata names Pierre Chantraine as doctoral advisor, lists 5 doctoral students, names Albert Béguin, Peter von der Mühll, and Pierre Chantraine as teachers, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Jean Bollack, 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 Wikidata5

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors3

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

    André Laks

    born 1950
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Jean-François Balaudé

    born 1963

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 16 people: 16 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career1

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