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David Hilbert

German mathematician1862 to 1943

Wikidata names Ferdinand von Lindemann and Heinrich Martin Weber as doctoral advisors and lists 77 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata77

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Taught7

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

    Otto Blumenthal

    born 1876
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Theodor Meyer

    born 1882
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Erich Hecke

    born 1887
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Moses Schönfinkel

    born 1888
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Richard Courant

    born 1888
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Hyman Levy

    born 1889
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Wilhelm Ackermann

    born 1896

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 2050 people: 2,050 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

Education and career5

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