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Richard Courant

German American mathematician1888 to 1972

Wikidata names David Hilbert as doctoral advisor and lists 43 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata43

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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

    David Hilbert

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

    Mary Taylor Slow

    born 1898

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 1489 people: 1,489 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career5

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