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Linus Pauling

American scientist1901 to 1994

Wikidata names Richard Chace Tolman and Roscoe G. Dickinson as doctoral advisors and lists 26 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 8 other registers.

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Linus Pauling, pictured

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Advisors on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata26

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.

Taught2

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

    William Lipscomb

    born 1919
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Jerry Donohue

    born 1920

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 144 people: 144 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

Education and career7

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