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Vasily Severgin

Russian mineralogist1765 to 1826

Wikidata names Ivan Lepyokhin and Johann Friedrich Gmelin as doctoral advisors and names Johann Friedrich Gmelin as teacher. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 3 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Ivan Lepyokhin
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Johann Friedrich Gmelin

Teachers and mentors1

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a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Johann Friedrich Gmelin

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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 WikidataIvan Lepyokhinstated by WikidataJohann Friedrich Gmelin
2 steps up
stated by WikidataFerdinand Christoph Oetingerstated by WikidataPhilipp Friedrich Gmelin
3 steps up
stated by WikidataBurchard Mauchart
4 steps up
stated by WikidataElias Rudolph Camerarius, Jr.

Education and career2

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Academic University at the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
studied
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University of Göttingen
studied

At a glance

known as: geologist, chemist, naturalist
fields: chemistry, mineralogy
awards: Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1801, Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class, 1805
member of: Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, from 1795
Wikipedia: in 12 languages

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identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaVasily Severgin
stated by WikidataWikidataQ3647779
stated by WikidataVIAF72720132
stated by WikidataGND1055108858
stated by WikidataISNI0000000023680097

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Read on 22 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q3647779,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Vasily Severgin: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q3647779},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Vasily Severgin: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q3647779