Academic Ancestry

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Carl Schmitt

German jurist, political theorist and professor of law1888 to 1985

Wikidata names Fritz van Calker as doctoral advisor and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Google Scholar, and 6 other registers.

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Carl Schmitt, 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.

Taught2

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

    Otto Kirchheimer

    born 1905
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Julien Freund

    born 1921

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 career10

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