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Gerald Edelman

American biologist1929 to 2014

Supervised 4 doctoral students between 1968 and 1982; Wikidata names Frederick Sanger as doctoral advisor and lists 1 doctoral student. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 5 other registers.

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Gerald Edelman, pictured

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.

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Students4

Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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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 5 people: 4 cited by thesis records, 1 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career4

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