Academic Ancestry

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Aleksei Severtsov

Russian paleontologist and zoologist1866 to 1936

Wikidata lists 3 doctoral students and names Mikhail Menzbier as teacher. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Aleksei Severtsov, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Students on Wikidata3

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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

    Mikhail Menzbier

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    Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 16 people: 16 stated by Wikidata.

    Education and career5

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