Academic Ancestry

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Dory Funk Jr.

American professional wrestler and trainer1941 to 2026

Wikidata names Dory Funk as teacher and lists 4 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata and Wikipedia.

Dory Funk Jr., pictured

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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

Taught4

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

    Bob Backlund

    born 1949
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Stan Hansen

    born 1949
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Jumbo Tsuruta

    born 1951

Education and career1

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