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Benjamin Silliman Sr.

Early American chemist and science educator1779 to 1864

Wikidata names James Woodhouse and Thomas Charles Hope as doctoral advisors, lists 2 doctoral students, names James Woodhouse and Thomas Charles Hope as teachers, and lists 3 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Benjamin Silliman Sr., pictured

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Advisors on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors2

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

Taught3

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

    Amos Eaton

    born 1776
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Theodore Strong

    born 1790
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    John Pitkin Norton

    born 1822

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 5 people: 5 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career4

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