Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Hugh Couchman

Canadian astronomer

Supervised 1 doctoral student and 5 master's students between 2010 and 2018; Wikidata names Martin Rees as teacher. Linked to Wikidata and Wikipedia.

Two steps up and one down. Dashed lines come from thesis records. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Students6

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.

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

The line above and below

    Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 1 person: 1 cited by thesis records.

    Education and career6

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