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Richard John Eden

British theoretical physicist1922 to 2021

Wikidata names Paul Dirac and Werner Heisenberg as doctoral advisors and lists 80 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Students on Wikidata80

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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.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 239 people: 239 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career1

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