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Jan Arnoldus Schouten

Dutch mathematician1883 to 1971

Wikidata names Jacob Cardinaal as doctoral advisor, lists 5 doctoral students, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Jan Arnoldus Schouten, 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 Wikidata5

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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

    Václav Hlavatý

    born 1894
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    David van Dantzig

    born 1900

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 69 people: 69 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

Education and career3

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