Academic Ancestry

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Eric Ash

Distinguished German-born British electrical engineer and past Rector of Imperial College1928 to 2021

Wikidata names Dennis Gabor as doctoral advisor, lists 1 doctoral student, and names Dennis Gabor as teacher. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Students on Wikidata1

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.

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

    Dennis Gabor

The line above and below1 step

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 1 person: 1 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career2

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