Academic Ancestry

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Talcott Parsons

American sociologist (1902 – 1979)1902 to 1979

Wikidata names Edgar Salin as doctoral advisor, lists 13 doctoral students, names Bronisław Malinowski and Emil Lederer as teachers, and lists 3 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Talcott Parsons, 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 Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata13

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.

Taught3

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

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 62 people: 62 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career4

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