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Benton Duncan

American mathematics professor

Wikidata names David Ryder Pitts as doctoral advisor. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and VIAF.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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David Ryder Pitts

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.

1 step up
stated by WikidataDavid Ryder Pitts
2 steps up
stated by WikidataWilliam Arveson
3 steps up
stated by WikidataHenry Dye
4 steps up
stated by WikidataIrving Segal

Education and career2

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University of Nebraska–Lincoln
studied
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North Dakota State University
worked

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known as: professor of mathematics

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

Elsewhere3

identity

stated by WikidataWikidataQ102267975
stated by WikidataVIAF305790553

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project84785

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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_Q102267975,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Benton Duncan: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q102267975},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Benton Duncan: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q102267975