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William Allan Perrie

Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1980

Wikidata names Edward Norton Lorenz and Erik Mollo-Christensen as doctoral advisors. Linked to Wikidata.

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Edward Norton Lorenz
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Erik Mollo-Christensen

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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 WikidataEdward Norton Lorenzstated by WikidataErik Mollo-Christensen
2 steps up
stated by WikidataHolt Ashleystated by WikidataJames Murdoch Austinstated by WikidataRobert L. Halfman
3 steps up
stated by WikidataManfred Rauscherstated by WikidataShatswell Oberstated by WikidataSverre Petterssen

Education and career1

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until 1980
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
studied

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known as: meteorologist, oceanographer

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Read on 16 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q102844171,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{William Allan Perrie: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q102844171},
  note = {read on 2026-10-16}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 16). William Allan Perrie: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-16]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q102844171