Academic Ancestry

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Arne Tiselius

Swedish biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry1902 to 1971

Wikidata names Theodor Svedberg as doctoral advisor, lists 1 doctoral student, names Theodor Svedberg as teacher, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Arne Tiselius, 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 Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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

    Theodor Svedberg

Taught1

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

    Robert Williams

    born 1926

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 10 people: 10 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career2

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