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Benjamin Rush

American physician, educator, and author1745 to 1813

Wikidata names John Redman, Joseph Black, and William Cullen as doctoral advisors, lists 1 doctoral student, names John Morgan, Joseph Black, Samuel Finley, and William Cullen as teachers, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Benjamin Rush, 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 Wikidata3

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors4

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

    John Morgan

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

    Joseph Black

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

    Samuel Finley

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

    William Cullen

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

    Jesse Bennet

    born 1769
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Samuel Brown

    born 1769

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.

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

Education and career4

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