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Donald Knuth

Also known as Donald E. Knuth (OpenAlex)

American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)born 1938

Wikidata names Marshall Hall as doctoral advisor and lists 32 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 11 other registers.

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Donald Knuth, pictured

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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata32

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 173 people: 173 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

Education and career7

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