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> even if someone managed to become a professor at a chartered university without a doctorate it's just irrelevant at that point There's quite a few professors
by chrisseaton 5y ago
> even if someone managed to become a professor at a chartered university without a doctorate it's just irrelevant at that point
There's quite a few professors without doctorates - doctorates didn't used to be the done thing until relatively recently. Typical example on HN would be Simon Peyton-Jones who is a professor but doesn't have any kind of doctorate.
- OJFord 5y agoI didn't mean it to be 'if that ever happens', if that's how it sounded, just that when it does, they've surpassed what Dr conveys in a way, so it's not necessary to distinguish doctored professors from those that aren't. It probably also contributes to this that it's achieved more readily in the US, 'professor' conveys a much more senior position in the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_ranks_in_the_United_Kingdom#Comparison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_ranks_in_the_United_K... (Although not at Cambridge any more, according to the section above that linked.) I recall a few having email signatures that also mentioned their equivalent US title, perhaps having had trouble being taken seriously enough in transatlantic collaborations, I don't know!