Academic Ancestry

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Nikolay Basov

Soviet physicist1922 to 2001

Wikidata names Alexander Prokhorov and Mikhail Leontovich as doctoral advisors, lists 2 doctoral students, names Alexander Prokhorov as teacher, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 5 other registers.

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Nikolay Basov, 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 Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Teachers and mentors1

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

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

    Oleg Krokhin

    born 1932
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Q84722890

    born 1936

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 career3

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