Academic Ancestry

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Hermann Bengtson

German historian1909 to 1989

Wikidata names Walter Friedrich Otto as doctoral advisor, lists 2 doctoral students, names Walter Friedrich Otto as teacher, and lists 3 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, VIAF, and 3 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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Advisors on Wikidata1

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.

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

    Hatto H. Schmitt

    born 1930
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Heinz Heinen

    born 1941
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Ahmet Ünal

    born 1943

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.

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

Education and career5

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