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Paul Dirac

British theoretical physicist1902 to 1984

Wikidata names Ralph H. Fowler as doctoral advisor and lists 9 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 7 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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stated by Wikidata
Ralph H. Fowler

Students on Wikidata9

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

stated by Wikidata
Homi Jehangir Bhabha
born 1909
stated by Wikidata
Andrew Lees
born 1911
stated by Wikidata
Fred Hoyle
born 1915
stated by Wikidata
Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer
born 1918
stated by Wikidata
Richard John Eden
born 1922
stated by Wikidata
Harish-Chandra
born 1923
stated by Wikidata
Dennis W. Sciama
born 1926
stated by Wikidata
John Polkinghorne
born 1930
stated by Wikidata
Roger J. N. Phillips
born 1931

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.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ralph H. Fowler

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
J. Robert Oppenheimer
born 1904
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Paul Weiss
born 1911
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Dennis W. Sciama
born 1926
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Roger Penrose
born 1931

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.

1 step up
stated by WikidataRalph H. Fowler
2 steps up
stated by WikidataArchibald Hillstated by WikidataErnest Rutherford
3 steps up
stated by WikidataAlexander William Bickertonstated by WikidataJoseph John Thomsonstated by WikidataWalter Morley Fletcher
4 steps up
stated by WikidataJohn Newport Langleystated by WikidataJohn William Strutt

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 575 people: 575 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

stated by Wikidata
Quantum Mechanics
doctoral thesis, stated by Wikidata

Education and career7

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

1918 to 1923
University of Bristol
studied
1923 to 1926
University of Cambridge
studied
1927 to 1932
St John's College
worked
1932 to 1969
University of Cambridge
worked
1969 to 1972
University of Miami
worked
1969 to 1984
Florida State University
worked
undated
Cotham School
studied

At a glance

known as: mathematician, theoretical physicist, professor, physicist, scientist, academic, educator, teacher, engineer
fields: theoretical physics, mathematics, quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics
degrees: Doctor of Philosophy
awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, 1933, Fellow of the Royal Society, 1930, Copley Medal, 1952, Royal Medal, 1939, Max Planck Medal, 1952, Helmholtz Medal, 1964, J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize, 1969, Royal Society Bakerian Medal, 1941, Order of Merit, 1973, Royal Society Bakerian Medal, doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris, 1946
member of: Royal Society of London, from 1930, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, from 1958, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, from 1961, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, from 1931, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, from 1950, American Physical Society, from 1948, National Academy of Sciences, from 1949, Academy of Sciences of Turin, from 1951, Indian Academy of Sciences, from 1939, Chinese Physical Society, from 1943, Royal Irish Academy, from 1944, Royal Society of Edinburgh, from 1946, Institut de France, from 1946, Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, from 1953, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, from 1962, French Academy of Sciences, from 1963, American Philosophical Society, from 1938, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, from 1958
notable works: Dirac equation, Dirac delta function, Fermi–Dirac statistics, Dirac fermion, Dirac comb, reduced Planck constant, Dirac operator, Dirac adjoint, Abraham-Lorentz-Dirac force, Dirac sea, Dirac measure, Dirac spinor, Dirac large numbers hypothesis, Complete Fermi–Dirac integral, Kapitsa–Dirac effect, Dirac bracket
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identity

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stated by WikidataWikidataQ47480
stated by WikidataVIAF17350683
stated by WikidataGND118679775
stated by WikidataIdRef031145930
stated by WikidataISNI0000000108752133

papers

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stated by WikidataScopus22988013500

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project18524

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@misc{academicancestry_Q47480,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Paul Dirac: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q47480},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Paul Dirac: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q47480