Maurice R. Demers: advisors and students

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Maurice R. Demers

Mathematician1913 to 1963

Wikidata names Herbert Federer as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata and Mathematics Genealogy Project.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Herbert Federer

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.

1 step up
stated by WikidataHerbert Federer
2 steps up
stated by WikidataAnthony Morse
3 steps up
stated by WikidataClarence Raymond Adams
4 steps up
stated by WikidataGeorge David Birkhoff

Education and career4

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

until 1935
University of Michigan
studied
until 1937
University at Buffalo
studied
1948 to 1962
University of Nevada, Reno
worked
until 1957
Brown University
studied

At a glance

known as: mathematician, university teacher

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere2

identity

stated by WikidataWikidataQ65017110

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project4357

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Read on 27 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q65017110,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Maurice R. Demers: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q65017110},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Maurice R. Demers: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q65017110