Academic Ancestry

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Richard Pipes

American historian1923 to 2018

Wikidata names Crane Brinton and Michael Karpovich as doctoral advisors, lists 5 doctoral students, names Michael Karpovich as teacher, and lists 3 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Richard Pipes, 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 Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata5

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.

Taught3

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

    Edward L. Keenan

    born 1935
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Peter Kenez

    born 1937
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Fiona Hill

    born 1965

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 5 people: 5 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career3

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