Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Buzz Aldrin

American astronaut (born 1930)born 1930

Wikidata names Myron A. Hoffman, Norman E. Sears, Robert L. Halfman, and Walter Wrigley as doctoral advisors. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 7 other registers.

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Buzz Aldrin, 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 Wikidata4

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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.

Education and career5

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