David Francis Barrow: advisors and students

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David Francis Barrow

American mathematician1888 to 1970

Wikidata names Julian Coolidge as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and Wikipedia.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Julian Coolidge

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.

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stated by WikidataJulian Coolidge
2 steps up
stated by WikidataEduard Study
3 steps up
stated by WikidataGustav Bauerstated by WikidataPhilipp Ludwig von Seidel
4 steps up
stated by WikidataCarl August von Steinheilstated by WikidataJohann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet

Education and career3

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

1920 to 1956
University of Georgia
worked
undated
Harvard University
studied
undated
University of Georgia
studied

At a glance

known as: mathematician, university teacher
fields: geometry
Wikipedia: in 3 languages

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Elsewhere3

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaDavid Francis Barrow
stated by WikidataWikidataQ5233797

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project285481

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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_Q5233797,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{David Francis Barrow: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q5233797},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). David Francis Barrow: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q5233797