Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

John McCarthy

American computer scientist and cognitive scientist1927 to 2011

Wikidata names Donald C. Spencer as doctoral advisor, lists 28 doctoral students, names Solomon Lefschetz as teacher, and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 9 other registers.

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John McCarthy, 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.

Students on Wikidata28

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.

Taught1

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

    Barbara Liskov

    born 1939

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 285 people: 285 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career6

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