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Merle Fainsod

American political scientist1907 to 1972

Wikidata lists 3 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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    Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 8 people: 8 stated by Wikidata.

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