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John Tukey

American mathematician1915 to 2000

Wikidata names Solomon Lefschetz as doctoral advisor and lists 58 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 8 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Students on Wikidata58

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 1146 people: 1,146 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

Education and career4

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