Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Konstantin Paffengoltz

Geologist from USSR1893 to 1983

Wikidata names Aleksandr Gerasimov as doctoral advisor, lists 1 doctoral student, names Aleksandr Gerasimov as teacher, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, VIAF, and 3 other registers.

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Konstantin Paffengoltz, pictured

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 Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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.

Taught1

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

    Eduard Malkhassian

    born 1926

The line above and below2 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 1 person: 1 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career6

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