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Harry Nyquist

Swedish-American physicist and electrical engineer1889 to 1976

Wikidata names Henry Andrews Bumstead as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 4 other registers.

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Henry Andrews Bumstead

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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.

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stated by WikidataHenry Andrews Bumstead
2 steps up
stated by WikidataHenry Augustus Rowlandstated by WikidataJosiah Willard Gibbs
3 steps up
stated by WikidataHermann von Helmholtzstated by WikidataHubert Anson Newton
4 steps up
stated by WikidataJohannes Peter Müller

Education and career4

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1912 to 1915
University of North Dakota
studied
1917 to 1934
AT&T
worked
1934 to 1954
Bell Labs
worked
undated
Yale University
studied

At a glance

known as: physicist, computer scientist, inventor, statistician, mathematician, engineer
fields: information theory
degrees: Doctor of Philosophy, 1917
awards: Stuart Ballantine Medal, 1960, IEEE Medal of Honor, 1960, Rufus Oldenburger Medal, 1975, Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1945
Wikipedia: in 34 languages

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identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaHarry Nyquist
stated by WikidataWikidataQ316022
stated by WikidataVIAF85211933
stated by WikidataISNI0000000111404076

papers

stated by WikidataScopus22989605300

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project346111

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@misc{academicancestry_Q316022,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Harry Nyquist: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q316022},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Harry Nyquist: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q316022