Academic Ancestry

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Richard Feynman

Also known as Richard P. Feynman (OpenAlex)

American theoretical physicist1918 to 1988

Wikidata names John Archibald Wheeler as doctoral advisor, lists 22 doctoral students, names Abram Bader, John Archibald Wheeler, and Manuel Sandoval Vallarta as teachers, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 8 other registers.

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Richard Feynman, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Dashed lines come from thesis records, 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 Wikidata22

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors3

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

Taught2

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Robert Barro

    born 1944
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    William Daniel Hillis

    born 1956

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 43 people: 43 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

Education and career6

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