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by cli 2548 days ago
According to his Wikipedia article, he held a professor position without a PhD. Is that usual in parts of Europe? That seems unthinkable in the US.
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orr721 2548 days ago
His full titles were prof. RNDr. Jiří Matoušek, DrSc; where the "DrSc" part was more than what is now recognized as a PhD. Scientific titles used to work differently in Eastern Europe.
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irishsultan 2548 days ago
His wikipedia article doesn't mention anything about a PhD as far as I can see, in particular it doesn't mention he didn't have one.

According to https://inf.ethz.ch/news-and-events/spotlights/jiri-matousek... he did have a doctorate.

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raegis 2548 days ago
"According to his Wikipedia article, he held a professor position without a PhD. Is that usual in parts of Europe? That seems unthinkable in the US."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Casson

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justin66 2548 days ago
Depending on the field, it's not terribly unusual for an adjunct professor not to have a PhD in the US.
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roel_v 2548 days ago
It happens in Australia, too. But it's not common.
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