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J. Allen Hynek

American astronomer1910 to 1986

Supervised 1 doctoral student at The Ohio State University; Wikidata names Otto Struve and William Wilson Morgan as doctoral advisors and lists 1 doctoral student. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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J. Allen Hynek, pictured

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Students on Wikidata1

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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.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 2 people: 1 cited by thesis records, 1 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career10

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