Frank K. Edmondson: advisors and students

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Frank K. Edmondson

American astronomer1912 to 2008

Wikidata names Bart Bok as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 3 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Bart Bok

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.

1 step up
stated by WikidataBart Bok
2 steps up
stated by WikidataPieter Johannes van Rhijn
3 steps up
stated by WikidataJacobus Kapteyn
4 steps up
stated by WikidataCornelius Hubertus Carolus Grinwis

Education and career3

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until 1933
Indiana University Bloomington
studied
until 1937
Harvard University
studied
1937 to 1985
Indiana University Bloomington
worked

At a glance

known as: astronomer, university teacher
notable works: Indiana Asteroid Program
Wikipedia: in 8 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere5

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaFrank K. Edmondson
stated by WikidataWikidataQ337177
stated by WikidataVIAF10018124
stated by WikidataGND1156981107
stated by WikidataISNI0000000080893291

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Read on 27 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q337177,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Frank K. Edmondson: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q337177},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Frank K. Edmondson: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q337177