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Napoléon Alkan

French composer1826 to 1906

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Teachers and mentors3

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
Adolphe Adam
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
François Benoist
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann

Education and career2

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undated
Conservatoire de Paris
studied
undated
Conservatoire de Paris
worked

At a glance

known as: composer, university teacher, musician
awards: Knight of the Legion of Honour, 1895, Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms, Prix de Rome, 1850
Wikipedia: in 5 languages

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Elsewhere5

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaNapoléon Alkan
stated by WikidataWikidataQ1589056
stated by WikidataVIAF307414480
stated by WikidataGND1258903881
stated by WikidataISNI0000000502815446

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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_Q1589056,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Napoléon Alkan: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q1589056},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Napoléon Alkan: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q1589056