Academic Ancestry

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Igor Kurchatov

Soviet nuclear physicist1903 to 1960

Wikidata names Abram Ioffe and Vitaly Khlopin as doctoral advisors, lists 7 doctoral students, names Abram Ioffe and Q15066914 as teachers, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Igor Kurchatov, 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 Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata7

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

    Abram Ioffe

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

    Q15066914

Taught1

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

    Vladimir Fyodorov

    born 1939

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.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 15 people: 15 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career9

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