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William Thomas Reid

American mathematician1907 to 1977

Wikidata names Hyman Joseph Ettlinger as doctoral advisor and lists 26 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 5 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Students on Wikidata26

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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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.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 139 people: 139 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career1

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