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Karl Lashley

American psychologist1890 to 1958

Wikidata names Herbert Spencer Jennings and John B. Watson as doctoral advisors and lists 2 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Herbert Spencer Jennings
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John B. Watson

Students on Wikidata2

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Carney Landis
born 1897
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Kao Liang Chow
born 1918

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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.

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stated by WikidataHerbert Spencer Jenningsstated by WikidataJohn B. Watson
2 steps up
stated by WikidataJames Rowland Angell
3 steps up
stated by WikidataBenno Erdmannstated by WikidataHans Vaihinger
4 steps up
stated by WikidataHermann Bonitz

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 5 people: 5 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career3

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until 1914
Johns Hopkins University
studied
undated
Harvard University
worked
undated
University of Chicago
worked

At a glance

known as: neuropsychologist, university teacher, ethologist, psychologist
fields: neuropsychology
degrees: Doctor of Philosophy
awards: Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal, 1943, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, 1951, Baly Medal, 1953, Howard Crosby Warren Medal, 1937, Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society
member of: Royal Society of London, from 1951, American Psychological Association, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, from 1930, American Philosophical Society, from 1938
Wikipedia: in 19 languages

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stated by WikidataWikipediaKarl Lashley
stated by WikidataWikidataQ603678
stated by WikidataVIAF69725458
stated by WikidataGND118778854
stated by WikidataIdRef033014620
stated by WikidataISNI0000000109845390

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@misc{academicancestry_Q603678,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Karl Lashley: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q603678},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Karl Lashley: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q603678