Otto Linné Erdmann: advisors and students

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Otto Linné Erdmann

German chemist1804 to 1869

Wikidata names Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 4 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert

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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.

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stated by WikidataLudwig Wilhelm Gilbert
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stated by WikidataCarl Hindenburgstated by WikidataGeorg Simon Klügel
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stated by WikidataAbraham Gotthelf Kästnerstated by WikidataGeorg Heinrich Bortz
4 steps up
stated by WikidataChristian August Hausenstated by WikidataJohannes Friedrich Plessing

Education and career2

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Leipzig University
studied
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Leipzig University
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At a glance

known as: chemist, university teacher
fields: chemistry
awards: honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), 1846
member of: Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, from 1846, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Wikipedia: in 15 languages

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identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaOtto Linné Erdmann
stated by WikidataWikidataQ213886
stated by WikidataVIAF72147580
stated by WikidataGND116531142
stated by WikidataISNI0000000083934749

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project234693

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Read on 27 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q213886,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Otto Linné Erdmann: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q213886},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Otto Linné Erdmann: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q213886