Academic Ancestry

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Charles-Jean de la Vallée Poussin

Belgian mathematician1866 to 1962

Wikidata names Louis-Philippe Gilbert as doctoral advisor, lists 3 doctoral students, names Louis-Philippe Gilbert as teacher, and lists 3 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Charles-Jean de la Vallée Poussin, 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 Wikidata3

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

    André Dumont

    born 1847
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Fernand Simonart

    born 1888
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Félix Alardin

    born 1915

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 23 people: 23 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career5

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