Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist1642 to 1727

Wikidata names Benjamin Pulleyn and Isaac Barrow as doctoral advisors. Linked to Wikidata, Google Scholar, and 8 other registers.

Isaac Newton, pictured

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Advisors 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.

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

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

    Roger Cotes

    born 1682

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.

Education and career5

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