Academic Ancestry

a person in the record

Bob Backlund

American professional wrestlerborn 1949

Wikidata names Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk as teachers. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and VIAF.

Bob Backlund, pictured

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Teachers and mentors2

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

Education and career2

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