Academic Ancestry

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Robert K. Merton

American sociologist1910 to 2003

Wikidata names George Sarton, Lawrence Joseph Henderson, Pitirim Sorokin, and Talcott Parsons as doctoral advisors, lists 3 doctoral students, names George Sarton as teacher, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Google Scholar, and 6 other registers.

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Robert K. Merton, 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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Advisors on Wikidata4

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata3

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.

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

    George Sarton

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

    Nathan Glazer

    born 1923

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.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 30 people: 30 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career5

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