Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Jeffrey C. Alexander

American sociologistborn 1947

Wikidata names Robert Neelly Bellah and Talcott Parsons as doctoral advisors and names Leo Löwenthal, Neil Smelser, Robert Neelly Bellah, and Talcott Parsons as teachers. Linked to Wikidata, Google Scholar, and 5 other registers.

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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 Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors4

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

    Leo Löwenthal

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

    Neil Smelser

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

    Robert Neelly Bellah

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

    Talcott Parsons

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 career4

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