Academic Ancestry

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Andrew Ranicki

British mathematician and professor1948 to 2018

Supervised 10 doctoral students at The University of Edinburgh; Wikidata names Andrew Casson and Frank Adams as doctoral advisors and lists 10 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 6 other registers.

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Andrew Ranicki, pictured

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Students10

Advisors on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata10

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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 20 people: 10 cited by thesis records, 11 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career4

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