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Edwin E. Witte

American academic1887 to 1960

Wikidata names John R. Commons as doctoral advisor and lists 51 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 6 other registers.

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Edwin E. Witte, 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 Wikidata51

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 64 people: 64 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career2

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