Academic Ancestry

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Alexander Braun

German botanist and university teacher1805 to 1877

Wikidata lists 2 doctoral students and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Alexander Braun, 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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Students on Wikidata2

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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

    Ferdinand Arnold

    born 1828

The line above and below

    Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 2 people: 2 stated by Wikidata.

    Education and career8

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