Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Melanie J. Young

New Zealand conservation biologist and ecologist

Wikidata names Bruce Robertson, Philip Seddon, and Yolanda van Heezik as doctoral advisors, names Philip Seddon and Yolanda van Heezik as teachers, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata.

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Melanie J. Young, 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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Theses

Advisors on Wikidata3

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors2

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

    Philip Seddon

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

    Yolanda van Heezik

Taught1

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

    Cora Heister

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.

Education and career1

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