Walter Elze: advisors and students

Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Walter Elze

German fighter pilot and military historian1891 to 1979

Wikidata names Erich Marcks, Friedrich Wolters, and Hans Delbrück as doctoral advisors, names Friedrich Wolters as teacher, and lists 7 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, VIAF, and 3 other registers.

Open the full sheet Cite Data

Two steps up and one down. Dashed lines come from thesis records, solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

Wikidata

How to read the markscited by a repository's recordstated by Wikidata or indexed by OpenAlexclaimed on an ORCID list, or inferred

Advisors on Wikidata3

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

stated by Wikidata
Erich Marcks
stated by Wikidata
Friedrich Wolters
stated by Wikidata
Hans Delbrück

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
Friedrich Wolters

Taught7

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
Eberhard Kessel
born 1907
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Heinrich Wiegand Petzet
born 1909
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Eberhard Ritter
born 1910
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ursula von Gersdorff
born 1910
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Werner Hahlweg
born 1912
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Wilhelm Scheidt
born 1912
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Felix Hartlaub
born 1913

The line above and below3 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.

1 step up
stated by WikidataErich Marcksstated by WikidataFriedrich Woltersstated by WikidataHans Delbrück
2 steps up
stated by WikidataGustav von Schmoller
3 steps up
stated by WikidataCarl Wolfgang Christoph Schüz

Education and career6

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

1918 to 1919
Prussian Ministry of War
worked
1929 to 1945
Frederick William University Berlin
worked
undated
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
studied
undated
LMU Munich
studied
undated
University of Marburg
studied
undated
Kiel University
studied

At a glance

known as: military historian, author, university teacher, historian, fighter pilot, aircraft pilot, military officer, military personnel, until 1919
degrees: Dr. phil., 1924
awards: Iron Cross, 2nd class, Iron Cross, 1st class
member of: National Socialist German Lecturers League, from 1933, George-Kreis

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere5

identity

stated by WikidataWikidataQ2544103
stated by WikidataVIAF27432909
stated by WikidataGND116464356
stated by WikidataIdRef090945530
stated by WikidataISNI0000000081066730

Registers and profiles the record links this person to, each saying where the link was read.

Cite this page

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

Show the citations

bibtex

@misc{academicancestry_Q2544103,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Walter Elze: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q2544103},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

apa

Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Walter Elze: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q2544103