Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Alexander Fersman

Russian mineralogist1883 to 1945

Wikidata names Vladimir Vernadsky as doctoral advisor, lists 6 doctoral students, and names Harry Rosenbusch and Vladimir Vernadsky as teachers. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Alexander Fersman, 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 Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata6

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.

The line above and below3 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 6 people: 6 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career8

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