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Harold Jeffreys

British geophysicist and statistician1891 to 1989

Wikidata names H. F. Baker as doctoral advisor and lists 9 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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H. F. Baker

Students on Wikidata9

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Sydney Goldstein
born 1903
stated by Wikidata
Ernest Ralph Lapwood
born 1909
stated by Wikidata
Andrew Young
born 1919
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Hermann Bondi
born 1919
stated by Wikidata
V. S. Huzurbazar
born 1919
stated by Wikidata
Michael S. Longuet-Higgins
born 1925
stated by Wikidata
Philip James Message
born 1931
stated by Wikidata
Ernest Ralph Lapwood
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M. L. Gogna

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.

1 step up
stated by WikidataH. F. Baker
2 steps up
stated by WikidataArthur Cayley
3 steps up
stated by WikidataWilliam Hopkins
4 steps up
stated by WikidataAdam Sedgwick

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 152 people: 152 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career7

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1907 to 1910
Durham University
studied
1910 to 1914
St John's College
studied
1914 to 1958
University of Cambridge
worked
1915 to 1917
Cavendish Laboratory
worked
1917 to 1922
Met Office
worked
undated
Newcastle University
studied
undated
University of Cambridge
studied

At a glance

known as: mathematician, astronomer, statistician, seismologist, geophysicist
fields: statistics, geophysics, astronomy
awards: Copley Medal, 1960, Royal Medal, 1948, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1937, Vetlesen Prize, 1962, William Bowie Medal, 1952, Murchison Medal, 1939, Royal Society Bakerian Medal, 1952, Adams Prize, 1927, Victoria Medal, 1941, Guy Medal in Gold, 1963, Smith's Prize, 1915, Buchan Prize, 1929, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 1953, Knight Bachelor, 1953, Wollaston Medal, 1964, Fellow of the Royal Society, 1925, Royal Society Bakerian Medal, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, from 1943, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, 1962
member of: Royal Society of London, from 1925, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, from 1947
notable works: Jeffreys number, Jeffreys prior
Wikipedia: in 32 languages

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stated by WikidataWikipediaHarold Jeffreys
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stated by WikidataVIAF49293789
stated by WikidataGND11709384X
stated by WikidataIdRef032081502
stated by WikidataISNI0000000110614856

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@misc{academicancestry_Q379999,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Harold Jeffreys: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q379999},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Harold Jeffreys: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q379999