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Dr. Margaret Thatcher EDIT I must apologise to my parent, and to HN in general. Her thesis was undergraduate: > ... four-year Chemistry Bachelor of Science de
by hyperpallium 8y ago
Dr. Margaret Thatcher
EDIT I must apologise to my parent, and to HN in general. Her thesis was undergraduate:
> ... four-year Chemistry Bachelor of Science degree, specialising in X-ray crystallography under the supervision of Dorothy Hodgkin. Her dissertation was on the structure of the antibiotic gramicidin.
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher
- rbg246 8y agoCouldn't see from her wikipedia page where she gained her doctorate?
- bencollier49 8y agoShe may have received honorary doctorates and she was a research chemist, but not a PhD.
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoSurely the Prime Minister title wins out? Actually, that’s an interesting question: since “Dr” usually replaces “Mr” for a man, would a male president with a doctorate be “Dr President”?
- jedberg 8y agoProbably not. President would take precedent. See Chancellor Merkel for a good example (she has a PhD).
- thaumasiotes 8y agoI was under the impression that German titles stacked up rather than overriding one another, like "Herr Professor Doktor". Is that wrong?
- thg 8y agoGenerally that's correct, albeit pretty much only used in writing. There are, however, political titles for which, to my knowledge, that does not apply. Minister, Chancellor and President (of the BRD) should all supersede a PhD title.
- ralfd 8y agoBundeskanzlerin Dr. Angela Merkel is the official formal title. See the header here: https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/service/bulletin/rede-von-bundeskanzlerin-dr-angela-merkel-1122448 https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/service/bulletin/rede...
- zip1234 8y agoFor University presidents, in the USA, they usually have both. Though I'm not sure that they always use both at the same time.
- F_r_k 8y agoI find it funny that you would try to correct such a small insignificant detail