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Arthur Ranum

Ph.D. The University of Chicago 19061870 to 1934

Wikidata names Leonard Eugene Dickson as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 3 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Leonard Eugene Dickson

The line above and below3 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.

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stated by WikidataLeonard Eugene Dickson
2 steps up
stated by WikidataEliakim Hastings Moore
3 steps up
stated by WikidataHubert Anson Newton

Education and career7

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

until 1892
University of Minnesota
studied
1893 to 1896
Cornell University
studied
1897 to 1904
University of Washington
worked
1904 to 1905
University of Wisconsin–Madison
worked
1905 to 1906
Stanford University
worked
until 1906
University of Chicago
studied
1906 to 1934
Cornell University
worked

At a glance

known as: mathematician, university teacher

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

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identity

stated by WikidataWikidataQ94838121
stated by WikidataVIAF67214281
stated by WikidataGND116330228
stated by WikidataISNI0000000010488493

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project5876

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Read on 22 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q94838121,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Arthur Ranum: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q94838121},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Arthur Ranum: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q94838121