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William Cullen

Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist;1710 to 1790

Wikidata names Andrew Plummer as doctoral advisor, lists 5 doctoral students, and lists 4 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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William Cullen, 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.

Taught4

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

    Anthony Fothergill

    born 1737
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Wolter Forsten Verschuir

    born 1739
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Benjamin Rush

    born 1746
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Daniel Rutherford

    born 1749

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 13 people: 13 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career4

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