Academic Ancestry

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Rudolf von Gneist

German politician1816 to 1895

Wikidata lists 1 doctoral student, names Friedrich Carl von Savigny as teacher, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Rudolf von Gneist, pictured

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Students on Wikidata1

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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.

Taught2

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

    Alfred Boretius

    born 1836
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Itō Hirobumi

    born 1841

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    Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 1 person: 1 stated by Wikidata.

    Education and career3

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