Ezra T. Newman: advisors and students

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Ezra T. Newman

American theoretical physicist1929 to 2021

Wikidata names Peter Bergmann as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 8 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Peter Bergmann

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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.

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stated by WikidataPeter Bergmann
2 steps up
stated by WikidataPhilipp Frank
3 steps up
stated by WikidataLudwig Boltzmann
4 steps up
stated by WikidataJosef Stefan

Education and career5

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1951 to 1956
Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences
studied
from 1956
University of Pittsburgh
worked
undated
Syracuse University
studied
undated
New York University
studied
undated
Bronx High School of Science
studied

At a glance

known as: physicist, university teacher
fields: general relativity
degrees: Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics
awards: Einstein Prize, 2011, Fellow of the American Physical Society
member of: International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation
Wikipedia: in 17 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

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identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaEzra T. Newman
stated by WikidataWikidataQ453319
stated by WikidataORCID0000-0002-3990-0052
stated by WikidataVIAF92557169
stated by WikidataGND1089123647
stated by WikidataIdRef259780359
stated by WikidataISNI0000000067589287

papers

stated by WikidataGoogle ScholarcE1m4UIAAAAJ
stated by WikidataScopus7203066095

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project262893

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  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Ezra T. Newman: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q453319},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Ezra T. Newman: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q453319