This post should inspire ABD's (all but dissertation) and other PhD candidates losing steam! Queen's lead guitarist Brian May was very recently installed Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University . The largely honorary university post is usually given as a recognition of great achievement. What then is Brian May's great achievement aside from Queen rock gigastardom? May was once enrolled as a PhD student in astrophysics in the 1970's having earlier graduated with an honours degree in physics. But when Queen became a global hit, he abandoned his PhD studies. Thirty years later,in October 2007 he completed his PhD thesis on "A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud" passed his viva voce, made revisions and was granted the degree. (Brian May didn't get any special treatment in the PhD exam. Almost all candidates revise their thesis.) I agree with the university. Finishing a PhD is an achievement in itself. Finishing a PhD after 30 years d...
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