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John Sulston

British biologist and Nobel laureate1942 to 2018

Wikidata names Colin Bernard Reese as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 5 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Colin Bernard Reese

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.

1 step up
stated by WikidataColin Bernard Reese
2 steps up
stated by WikidataAlexander Todd
3 steps up
stated by WikidataRobert Robinson
4 steps up
stated by WikidataWilliam Henry Perkin

Education and career7

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

until 1963
Pembroke College
studied
until 1966
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry
studied
undated
York House School
studied
undated
Merchant Taylors' School
studied
undated
School of Medicine, University of Manchester
studied
undated
University of Manchester
worked
undated
University of Cambridge
worked

At a glance

known as: geneticist, physician, molecular biologist, chemist, biologist
fields: chemistry, biology, genomics
degrees: Doctor of Philosophy, 1966
awards: Darwin Medal, 1996, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2002, Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, 2001, Robert Burns Humanitarian Award, George W. Beadle Award, 2000, Canada Gairdner International Award, 2002, EMBO Membership, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize, 2002, Rosenstiel Award, 1997, Annual Review Prize Lecture, 2002, Dan David Prize, 2002, Companion of Honour, 2017, W. Alden Spencer Award, 1986, Knight Bachelor, 2001, Baly Medal, 2003, Edinburgh Medal, 2001
member of: Royal Society of London, European Molecular Biology Organization, Academia Europaea, from 2000
Wikipedia: in 54 languages

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Elsewhere7

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaJohn Sulston
stated by WikidataWikidataQ271532
stated by WikidataVIAF18364938
stated by WikidataGND131738984
stated by WikidataIdRef072520787
stated by WikidataISNI0000000078731285

papers

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

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@misc{academicancestry_Q271532,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{John Sulston: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q271532},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). John Sulston: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q271532