Which came first, the professor or the degree? When schools open new programs, they need people to teach the degree when it didn't previously exist. Simon Pey

Which came first, the professor or the degree? When schools open new programs, they need people to teach the degree when it didn't previously exist. Simon Peyton Jones skipped the PhD but later became a lecturer and professor and a whole lot more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Peyton_Jones#Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Peyton_Jones#Education