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Francesco Severi

Italian mathematician1879 to 1961

Wikidata names Corrado Segre as doctoral advisor, lists 6 doctoral students, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Francesco Severi, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Dashed lines come from thesis records, solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata6

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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

    Luigi Fantappiè

    born 1901
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Fabio Conforto

    born 1909

The line above and below3 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 79 people: 79 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career4

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