Academic Ancestry

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Ferdinand Albin Pax

German botanist and university teacher1858 to 1942

Wikidata names Heinrich Göppert as doctoral advisor, lists 4 doctoral students, names Adolf Engler as teacher, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Ferdinand Albin Pax, 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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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata4

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

    Adolf Engler

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

    Stephan Ernst Brunies

    born 1877
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Ernst Benner

    born 1883

The line above and below1 step

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 5 people: 5 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career6

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