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John Major

Scottish philosopher1467 to 1550

Wikidata names Jan Standonck as doctoral advisor, names Girolamo Aleandro, Jan Standonck, Jerónimo Pardo, and Thomas Bricot as teachers, and lists 7 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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John Major, pictured

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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors4

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

    Girolamo Aleandro

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

    Jan Standonck

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

    Jerónimo Pardo

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

    Thomas Bricot

Taught7

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

    Peter Crockaert

    born 1465
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Luis Coronel

    born 1470
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Jean Dullaert

    born 1471
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Gaspar Lax

    born 1487
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Antonio Coronel

    born 1500
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    George Buchanan

    born 1506
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Jerónimo Pardo

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.

Education and career10

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