Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Mikhail Usov

Russian geologist, Director, All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Geology (Russia)1883 to 1939

Wikidata names Vladimir A. Obruchev as doctoral advisor, lists 7 doctoral students, names Vladimir A. Obruchev as teacher, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 3 other registers.

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Mikhail Usov, 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 Wikidata7

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.

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

    Venedikt Khakhlov

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

    Kanysh Satpayev

    born 1899

The line above and below2 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 12 people: 12 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career3

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