Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Yuri Alexandrovich Orlov

Russian paleontologist1893 to 1966

Wikidata names Alexei Zavarzin as doctoral advisor, lists 1 doctoral student, and names Alexei Zavarzin and Pyotr Sushkin as teachers. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Yuri Alexandrovich Orlov, pictured

Two steps up and one down. 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 mentors2

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

    Alexei Zavarzin

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

    Pyotr Sushkin

The line above and below3 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.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 1 person: 1 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career9

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