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Charles Scott Sherrington
English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient1857 to 1952
Wikidata names John Newport Langley and Michael Foster as doctoral advisors and lists 4 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2
From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.
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Students on Wikidata4
From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.
- stated by Wikidataborn 1891
- stated by Wikidataborn 1892
- stated by Wikidataborn 1899
- stated by Wikidataborn 1903
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
The line above and below3 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.
- 1 step up
stated by WikidataJohn Newport Langleystated by WikidataMichael Foster
- 2 steps up
stated by WikidataThomas Henry Huxleystated by WikidataWilliam Sharpey
- 3 steps up
stated by WikidataThomas Wharton Jones
Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 7 people: 7 stated by Wikidata.
Education and career8
From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.
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