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John Sealy Townsend
Irish mathematical physicist1868 to 1957
Wikidata names Joseph John Thomson as doctoral advisor and lists 3 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 6 other registers.
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Advisors on Wikidata1
From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.
- stated by Wikidata
Students on Wikidata3
From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.
- stated by Wikidataborn 1890
- stated by Wikidataborn 1895
- stated by Wikidataborn 1901
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.
- a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
The line above and below4 steps
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.
- 1 step up
stated by WikidataJoseph John Thomson
- 2 steps up
stated by WikidataJohn William Strutt
- 3 steps up
stated by WikidataEdward Routhstated by WikidataJames Clerk Maxwellstated by WikidataSir George Stokes, 1st Baronet
- 4 steps up
stated by WikidataAugustus De Morganstated by WikidataIsaac Todhunterstated by WikidataWilliam Hopkins
Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 18 people: 18 stated by Wikidata.
Education and career4
From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.
- undatedstudied
- undatedstudied
- undatedstudied
- undatedworked