Brian A. Foster: advisors and students

a person in the record

Brian A. Foster

New Zealand carcinologist1942 to 1992

Wikidata names Dennis John Crisp as doctoral advisor, lists 5 doctoral students, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata.

Two steps up and one down. Solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

How to read the marksstated by Wikidata or indexed by OpenAlex

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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
Russell Gavin Cole
born 1963

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 25 people: 25 stated by Wikidata.

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