Eugene Parker: advisors and students

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Eugene Parker

American astronomer1927 to 2022

Wikidata names Howard P. Robertson as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 7 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Howard P. Robertson

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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 WikidataHoward P. Robertson
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stated by WikidataHarry Batemanstated by WikidataPaul Sophus Epstein
3 steps up
stated by WikidataArnold Sommerfeldstated by WikidataFrank Morleystated by WikidataPyotr Lebedev
4 steps up
stated by WikidataAlexander Stoletovstated by WikidataAugust Kundtstated by WikidataFerdinand von Lindemann

Education and career4

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until 1951
California Institute of Technology
studied
undated
Michigan State University
studied
undated
University of Chicago
worked
undated
University of Utah
worked

At a glance

known as: astronomer, astrophysicist, university teacher, physicist
fields: plasma physics, solar physics
awards: National Medal of Science, 1989, William Bowie Medal, 1990, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1992, Bruce Medal, 1997, Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, 1969, Hannes Alfvén Prize, 2012, Karl Schwarzschild Medal, 1990, Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, 2003, Chapman Medal, 1979, James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, 2003, Arctowski Medal, 1969, APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research, 2018, George Ellery Hale Prize, 1978, John Adam Fleming Medal, 1968, Crafoord Prize in Astronomy, 2020, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, 1962
member of: Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, National Academy of Sciences, from 1967, Royal Astronomical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, from 1970, American Astronomical Society, American Physical Society, from 1962, International Astronomical Union
notable works: heliospheric current sheet
Wikipedia: in 28 languages

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identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaEugene Parker
stated by WikidataWikidataQ503360
stated by WikidataVIAF111927525
stated by WikidataGND1055757813
stated by WikidataIdRef070205620
stated by WikidataISNI000000010936110X

papers

stated by WikidataDBLP01/7419
stated by WikidataScopus16436863200

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project205180

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Read on 27 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q503360,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Eugene Parker: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q503360},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Eugene Parker: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q503360