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Pyotr Kapitsa

Soviet physicist1894 to 1984

Wikidata names Abram Ioffe and Ernest Rutherford as doctoral advisors and lists 3 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 5 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Abram Ioffe
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Ernest Rutherford

Students on Wikidata3

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David Shoenberg
born 1911
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born 1913
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Mark Azbel
born 1932

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
Abram Ioffe
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ernest Rutherford

Taught4

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
Emil Laurmann
born 1890
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Aleksandr Salnikov
born 1905
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
David Shoenberg
born 1911
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Nikolay Alekseyevsky
born 1912

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 WikidataAbram Ioffestated by WikidataErnest Rutherford
2 steps up
stated by WikidataAlexander William Bickertonstated by WikidataJoseph John Thomsonstated by WikidataWilhelm Röntgen
3 steps up
stated by WikidataAugust Kundtstated by WikidataGustav Zeunerstated by WikidataJohn William Strutt
4 steps up
stated by WikidataEdward Routhstated by WikidataHeinrich Gustav Magnusstated by WikidataJames Clerk Maxwellstated by WikidataJulius Weisbachstated by WikidataMoritz Wilhelm Drobischstated by WikidataSir George Stokes, 1st Baronetstated by WikidataWilhelm Gottlieb Hankel

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 9 people: 9 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career11

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from 1914
Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute
studied
1935 to 1946
P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems RAS
worked
from 1943
Lomonosov Moscow State University
worked
from 1956
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
worked
1957
P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems RAS
worked
undated
Trinity College
studied
undated
University of Cambridge
studied
undated
Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University
worked
undated
University of Cambridge
worked
undated
A.V. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography
worked
undated
Ioffe Institute
worked

At a glance

known as: physicist, inventor, professor
fields: physics
degrees: Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics
awards: Medal "For the Defence of Moscow", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "Veteran of Labour", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", State Stalin Prize, 1st degree, 1941, Faraday Medal, 1942, State Stalin Prize, 1st degree, 1943, Order of Lenin, 1943, Franklin Medal, 1944, doctor honoris causa from the University of Alger, 1944, Order of Lenin, 1944, Hero of Socialist Labour, 1945, Order of Lenin, 1945, doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris, 1945, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, 1954, Cothenius Medal, 1959, Lomonosov Gold Medal, 1959, Order of the Partisan Star, 1964, Order of Lenin, 1964, Niels Bohr International Gold Medal, 1965, Rutherford Medal and Prize, 1966, Kamerlingh Onnes Award, 1968, Order of Lenin, 1971, Simon Memorial Prize, 1973, Order of Lenin, 1974, Hero of Socialist Labour, 1974, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1978, Helmholtz Medal, 1981
member of: Royal Society of London, from 1929, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, from 1958, National Academy of Sciences, from 1946, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, from 1929, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, from 1966, Polish Academy of Sciences, from 1962, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, from 1968, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, from 1939, International Academy of Astronautics, from 1964, International Academy of the History of Science, from 1971, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, from 1969, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, from 1971, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, from 1946, New York Academy of Sciences, from 1946, Royal Irish Academy, from 1948, American Physical Society, from 1937
Wikipedia: in 91 languages

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stated by WikidataWikipediaPyotr Kapitsa
stated by WikidataWikidataQ172844
stated by WikidataVIAF109027873
stated by WikidataGND118720775
stated by WikidataIdRef026945266
stated by WikidataISNI0000000110323477

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@misc{academicancestry_Q172844,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Pyotr Kapitsa: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q172844},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Pyotr Kapitsa: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q172844