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Alexander Fairley Buchan

Scottish teacher and lecturer1904 to 1976

Wikidata names Alexander Aitken as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 2 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Alexander Aitken

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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 WikidataAlexander Aitken
2 steps up
stated by WikidataE. T. Whittaker
3 steps up
stated by WikidataAndrew Forsythstated by WikidataGeorge Howard Darwin
4 steps up
stated by WikidataArthur Cayleystated by WikidataEdward Routh

Theses

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Linear Combination of Data with Least Error of Differences
doctoral thesis, stated by Wikidata

Education and career5

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1922 to 1926
University of Edinburgh
studied
1926 to 1930
James Gillespie's High School
worked
1930 to 1935
Royal High School
worked
1939 to 1945
Air Training Corps
worked
1946 to 1971
Moray House School of Education
worked

At a glance

known as: university teacher, mathematician
awards: Fellow of the Royal Society
Wikipedia: in 1 language

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identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaAlexander Buchan (mathematician)
stated by WikidataWikidataQ37731665
stated by WikidataVIAF301065382

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project57751

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Read on 27 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q37731665,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Alexander Fairley Buchan: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q37731665},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Alexander Fairley Buchan: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q37731665