My scientific ancestry
My Ph.D. advisors: Douglas Hofstadter (main advisor) and
John Holland (co-advsior).
Hofstadter Branch:
Douglas Hofstadter's Ph.D. advisor: Gregory Wannier (Ph.D., University of Basel, 1935).
Gregory Wannier's advisors: Ralph H. Fowler (Ph.D. Cambridge, 1915) and
W. Matthies.
Ralph H. Fowler's advisor: Archibald
V. Hill (Ph.D., Cambridge, 1909).
Archibald V. Hill's advisor: Walter Morley Fletcher (M.D, Cambridge,
1904).
Walter Morley Fletcher's advisor: John Newport Langley (degree unknown).
John Newport Langley's advisor: Michael Foster (degree unknown).
Michael Foster's advisor: Thomas Henry Huxley (degree unknown).
Thomas Henry Huxley's advisor: Thomas Wharton Jones (degree unknown).
(Thanks to Greg Huber and the
Mathematics Genealogy Project for this information.)
Holland Branch:
John Holland's Ph.D. advisor: Arthur Burks (Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1941).
Arthur Burks' Ph.D. advisor:
Cooper Harold Langford (Ph.D., Harvard, 1924). Also Paul Henle?
Some of my academic siblings, cousins, etc. (an incomplete list):
Rik Belew (Ph.D. Advisors: Stephen Kaplan and Paul Scott)
Don Byrd (Ph.D. Advisor: Douglas Hofstadter)
Dave Chalmers (Ph.D. Advisor: Douglas Hofstadter)
Gray Clossman (Ph.D. Advisor: Douglas Hofstadter)
Edgar Codd
(Ph.D. Advisor: Arthur Burks)
Ken De Jong (Ph.D. Advisor: John Holland)
Stephanie Forrest (Ph.D. Advisor: John Holland) (Note: Contrary to what some people believe, Stephanie and I are two different people.)
Harry Foundalis (Ph.D. Advisor: Douglas Hofstadter)
Bob French (Ph.D. Advisor: Douglas Hofstadter)
David Goldberg (Ph.D. Advisor: John Holland)
Greg Huber (Ph.D. Advisor: Eugene Stanley; earlier advisor: Douglas Hofstadter)
Chris Langton (Ph.D. Advisor: Arthur Burks)
Jim Marshall (Ph.D. Advisor: Douglas Hofstadter)
Gary McGraw (Ph.D. Advisor: Douglas Hofstadter)
Marsha Meredith (Ph.D. Advisor: Douglas Hofstadter)
Tommaso Toffoli (Ph.D. Advisor: Arthur Burks)
A couple of "firsts" in my family tree:
