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Pehr Kalm

Swedish scientist and priest1716 to 1779

Wikidata names Carl Linnaeus as doctoral advisor, names Anders Celsius, Carl Linnaeus, and Herman Spöring Sr. as teachers, and lists 5 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Pehr Kalm, pictured

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Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors3

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

    Anders Celsius

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

    Carl Linnaeus

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

    Herman Spöring Sr.

Taught5

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 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.

Education and career3

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