Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Matt Visser

New Zealand mathematician

Wikidata names Mary K. Gaillard as doctoral advisor, lists 7 doctoral students, and lists 6 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 8 other registers.

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Matt Visser, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Dashed lines come from thesis records, 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 Wikidata7

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Taught6

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

    Alex Simpson

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

    Bethan Cropp

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

    Celine Cattoen

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

    Finnian Gray

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

    Joshua Baines

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

    Petarpa Boonserm

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 7 people: 7 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career7

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