Academic Ancestry

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Vladimir Vernadsky

Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology1863 to 1945

Wikidata names Andreas Artsruni and Vasili Dokuchayev as doctoral advisors, lists 14 doctoral students, names Andrey Beketov and Dmitri Konovalov as teachers, and lists 4 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Vladimir Vernadsky, 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 Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata14

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors2

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

    Andrey Beketov

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

    Dmitri Konovalov

Taught4

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

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 31 people: 31 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career12

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