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Peter Johnstone

Mathematicianborn 1948

Supervised 4 doctoral students at University of Cambridge; Wikidata names Frank Adams as doctoral advisor and lists 12 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Peter Johnstone, pictured

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Students4

Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata12

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

The line above and below4 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 47 people: 4 cited by thesis records, 43 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career1

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