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Sterling Professor

highest academic rank at Yale University
Intangible Position Q608197

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
position, professorship, title[3][4]
Country
United States[2]
Conferred by
Yale University[6]
Female form of label
стерлінгська професорка[7]
Named after
John William Sterling[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sterling Professor ar بروفيسور ستيرلينغ de Sterling-Professor es Professor Sterling fa پروفسور استرلینگ fr professeur Sterling he סטרלינג פרופסור ja Sterling教授 ko 스털링 교수 ru Стерлингский профессор uk Sterling Professor uk стерлінгський професор zh 斯特林教席
🔖 Identifiers · 1
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🔗 Connections
Awarded to 70
Benoit Mandelbrot, Edward Sapir, George Emil Palade, James Tobin, Sidney Altman, Thomas A. Steitz, James Rothman, William Nordhaus +62 more
Holders of this position 3
Øystein Ore, Ruslan Medzhitov, Ian Shapiro
Instance of 2
title, position
Category for recipients of this award 1
Category:Yale Sterling Professors
Conferred by 1
Yale University
Country 1
United States
Named after 1
John William Sterling
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Yale Sterling Professors
← FactGrid item ID 1
Gieraszowice
← Professorship 1
Steven Girvin
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Summary

Sterling Professor is a position[1].

Related Entities

Benoit Mandelbrot Edward Sapir Erich Auerbach George Emil Palade Harold Bloom Harvey Williams Cushing James Rothman James Tobin Robert A. Dahl Sidney Altman Thomas A. Steitz United States William Nordhaus

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Franzekafka · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → стерлінгська професорка
    Instance of → position, professorship, title
    Named after → John William Sterling
    Category for recipients of this award → Category:Yale Sterling Professors
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Female form of label: стерлінгська професорка"
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