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Edgardo Ciani

Italian mathematician1864 to 1942

Wikidata names Riccardo De Paolis as doctoral advisor and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, VIAF, and 2 other registers.

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Edgardo Ciani, 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.

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

    Federigo Enriques

    born 1871
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Guido Fubini

    born 1879

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.

Education and career5

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