Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Louis Fieser

American organic chemist1899 to 1977

Wikidata names James Bryant Conant as doctoral advisor, lists 6 doctoral students, and names James Bryant Conant as teacher. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 5 other registers.

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Louis Fieser, 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 Wikidata6

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors1

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 below3 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 16 people: 16 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career3

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