Academic Ancestry

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Gavriil Tanfilyev

Russian geographer and botanist1857 to 1928

Wikidata names Andrey Beketov as doctoral advisor, lists 1 doctoral student, names Andrey Beketov and Vasili Dokuchayev as teachers, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Gavriil Tanfilyev, 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 Wikidata1

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.

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

    Andrey Beketov

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

    Vasili Dokuchayev

Taught1

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 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 2 people: 2 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career6

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