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Philipp Ludwig von Seidel

German mathematician, optician and astronomer1821 to 1896

Wikidata names Carl August von Steinheil as doctoral advisor and lists 12 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Philipp Ludwig von Seidel, pictured

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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata12

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors7

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

Taught1

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

    Max Planck

    born 1858

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 53 people: 53 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

Education and career4

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