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Herbert Marcuse

German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist1898 to 1979

Wikidata names Martin Heidegger as doctoral advisor and lists 3 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Herbert Marcuse, pictured

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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata3

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Taught1

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

    Angela Davis

    born 1944

The line above and below4 steps

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 4 people: 4 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career9

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