Academic Ancestry

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Walter Friedrich Otto

German classical philologist1874 to 1958

Wikidata lists 1 doctoral student and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 5 other registers.

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    Hermann Bengtson

    born 1909

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    Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 4 people: 4 stated by Wikidata.

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