Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Christian Meier

German historian of ancient history and professorborn 1929

Wikidata names Hans Schaefer as doctoral advisor, lists 2 doctoral students, and names Hans Schaefer, Hermann Strasburger, and Matthias Gelzer as teachers. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Christian Meier, 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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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors3

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

    Hans Schaefer

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

    Hermann Strasburger

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

    Matthias Gelzer

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 2 people: 2 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career6

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