Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Margaret Tennant

New Zealand historianborn 1952

Wikidata names Erik Olssen, Merv Hancock, W. H. Oliver, and Warwick Tyler as doctoral advisors, lists 2 doctoral students, names W. H. Oliver as teacher, and lists 3 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 3 other registers.

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Margaret Tennant, 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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Theses

Advisors on Wikidata4

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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

    W. H. Oliver

Taught3

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

    Kerry Bethell

    born 1943
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Bronwyn Dalley

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

    Helen Dollery

The line above and below1 step

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 2 people: 2 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career2

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