Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Neil Smelser

American sociologist1930 to 2017

Wikidata lists 4 doctoral students and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Two steps up and one down. Solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Students on Wikidata4

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Taught1

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

The line above and below

    Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 11 people: 11 stated by Wikidata.

    Education and career3

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