Academic Ancestry

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Georg Henrik von Wright

Finland Swedish philosopher, professor and member of the Academy of Finland1916 to 2003

Wikidata names Eino Kaila as doctoral advisor, lists 1 doctoral student, names Eino Kaila as teacher, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Georg Henrik von Wright, 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 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.

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

    Eino Kaila

Taught2

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

    Jaakko Hintikka

    born 1929
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Lilli Alanen

    born 1941

The line above and below1 step

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 15 people: 15 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career5

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