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Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Indian scientist and statistician1893 to 1972
Wikidata names William Herrick Macaulay as doctoral advisor, lists 1 doctoral student, and names William Herrick Macaulay as teacher. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1
From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.
- stated by Wikidata
Students on Wikidata1
From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.
- stated by Wikidataborn 1906
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
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.
- 1 step up
stated by WikidataWilliam Herrick Macaulay
Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 75 people: 75 stated by Wikidata.
Education and career7
From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.
- 1904 to 1908studied
- 1913 to 1915studied
- 1915 to 1950worked
- 1950 to 1955
- 1955 to 1967worked
- undatedstudied
- undated