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> edit: i have never (ever) seen someone with an honorary doctorate actually call themselves doctor. I don't know about you but I don't think that I have ever
by dependenttypes 7y ago
> edit: i have never (ever) seen someone with an honorary doctorate actually call themselves doctor.
I don't know about you but I don't think that I have ever seen anyone other than stallman with an honorary doctorate, they tend to be pretty rare after all.
- Ensorceled 7y agoHarvard alone has given out 2300. They are not exactly rare.
- astura 7y agoThey are common, Theodore Hesburgh had 150 of them, Bill Cosby had ~60 though most of his have been rescinded. Stephen Colbert made jokes about his on The Covert Report[1] They are usually (though not always) given to the speaker at a graduation ceremony. [1] http://www.cc.com/video-clips/irk0rv/the-colbert-report-honorary-doctor http://www.cc.com/video-clips/irk0rv/the-colbert-report-hono...
- dependenttypes 7y agoBy rare I mean people with honorary doctorates, not the honorary doctorates themselves. I would assume that there is a higher chance for someone to have more than two than exactly one.
- astura 7y agoThey are rare among the general population, but among celebrities they are common. They are given for speaking at the college's graduation ceremony so they are used to draw celebrities to speak at graduation. Sometimes they are even used to reward big donors.