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Roger Penrose

English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopherborn 1931

Wikidata names J. A. Todd as doctoral advisor, lists 33 doctoral students, and names Dennis W. Sciama, Hermann Bondi, Paul Dirac, and W. V. D. Hodge as teachers. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 7 other registers.

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Roger Penrose, 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 Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata33

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors4

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

    Dennis W. Sciama

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

    Hermann Bondi

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

    Paul Dirac

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

    W. V. D. Hodge

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 203 people: 203 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career8

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