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Benedict Gross

American mathematician1950 to 2025

Wikidata names John Tate as doctoral advisor and lists 35 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 7 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata35

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Taught3

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

    Dipendra Prasad

    born 1960
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Henri Darmon

    born 1965
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Noam Elkies

    born 1966

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 136 people: 136 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career6

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