Simon Peyton Jones is a relatively recent example of someone who went from BSc in Cambridge, to a lectureship and eventually a professorship, without a PhD: ht

Simon Peyton Jones is a relatively recent example of someone who went from BSc in Cambridge, to a lectureship and eventually a professorship, without a PhD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Peyton_Jones#Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Peyton_Jones#Education