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5 unusual facts about Doctor of Science


Bayar Dovdoi

He obtained PhD degree in the theme of “Stone sculptures of Eastern Mongolia”, and ScD degree in the theme of “Human Statues in Mongolian territory”.

Doctor of Science

In Slovakia, "Doctor of Sciences" (Dr.Sc.) is awarded by the Slovak Academy of Sciences.

Francis Patrick Dwyer

In that year he was awarded the Doctor of Science from the University of Sydney for his thesis entitled: 'The Diazoamino Compounds; their Metallic Salts and Metallic Hydroxide Lakes'.

Pogose School

Among them are Chief Ministers Profullah Chandra Ghosh (of West Bengal) and Ataur Rahman Khan (of East Bengal), as well as first Bengali doctorate Nishikanto Chatterjee and the first Indian Doctor of Science Aghornath Chatterjee, who was the father of Sarojini Naidu.

Tomitaro Makino

Despite having dropped out of grammar school, he would eventually attain a Doctor of Science degree, and his birthday is remembered as Botany Day in Japan.


John T. Robinson

In 1956 he published what is arguably his most important work, a monograph titled The Dentition of the Australopithecinae after which the University of Cape Town awarded him a Doctor of Science degree.

Lev Bulat

In 1988 he received a D.Sc in Physics and Mathematics, from Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, with the thesis: "Transport Phenomena in Semiconductors under Large Temperature Gradients".

Luiz Roberto Tommasi

He was awarded a Doctor of Science degree from the University in 1969: the title of his his dissertation was "Os Equinodermos da região da Ilha Grande" ("The Echinoderms of the Ilha Grande region").

Michael Mingos

He was educated at the Harvey Grammar School, King Edward VII School Lytham St Anne's, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (Chemistry Department Prize 1963, BSc First Class 1965, Hon DSc 2000), and the University of Sussex (DPhil 1968, Hon DSc 2001).

Yuri Felshtinsky

In 1993, he also defended his Doctor of Science thesis at the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.


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Akhlesh Lakhtakia

For his research on sculptured thin films and complex-medium electromagnetics, he received the Faculty Scholar Medal in Engineering in 2005, and a Doctor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering from the Banaras Hindu University in 2006.

Alexander A. Gurshtein

Gurshtein earned his Candidate of Science from Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow in 1966 and a Doctor of Science degree in Physics & Mathematics from Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in St. Petersburg (1980).

Bansi Lal

In 1972, the Kurukshetra University and the Haryana Agricultural University awarded him honorary degrees of Doctor of Law and Doctor of Science respectively.

Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger

In 1968, she was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) by the University of Bath.

C. S. Holling

He also received the Kenneth Boulding Memorial Prize, in 2000, the Volvo Environment Prize in 2008, an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Guelph in 1998, and an Honorary Doctor of Science from the Simon Fraser University in 2011.

Derrick Pitts

Dr. Pitts is a graduate of Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, PA., St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY and received his Doctor of Science degree from LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA.

Doktor nauk

The German Habilitation and, to some extent, the French "habilitation à diriger des recherches" (HDR) are comparable to it, as are the British higher doctorates (e.g. Doctor of Science), although the last-mentioned are not required for career advancement.

Howard Birndorf

Birndorf received his B.A. in Biology from Oakland University, an M.S. in Biochemistry from Wayne State University, and has received honorary Doctor of Science degrees from Oakland University and Wayne State University.

P. Michael Conneally

In 1989, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science honoris causa degree by Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

Peter Gould

Throughout his tenure at Penn State University, Gould received many awards including the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud, the Retzius Gold Metal of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography, as well as an honorary Doctor of Science from the Universitaire de Strasbourg.

Rabiu Kwankwaso

He bags a Doctor of Science (Hons) from University of Maiduguri and awarded a Doctor of Science and International Relations (Honoris Causa) for his contribution to public service by the Crescent University (University of Islamic Mission for Africa) Abeokuta, Nigeria in September 2012.

Robert G. Jahn

He has received the Curtis W. McGraw Research Award of the American Society for Engineering Education and an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Andhra University.

Titus Naikuni

He is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Management Development Programme (PMD71) and was awarded a Doctor of Science Engineering by the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, an honorary award in recognition of his contribution to development.

Vasily Fesenkov

After graduating from the Kharkov University (1911) he entered the Sorbonne, where he defended a dissertation for the Doctor of Science degree in 1914; in between he interned at the Paris, Meudon, and Nice observatories.

Vladimer Papava

He received his Candidate of Science degree in Economics (PhD) from Central Economic Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, in 1982, and his Doctor of Science degree in Economics from Tbilisi State University in 1989 and Leningrad State University in 1990.

William E. Forsythe

He was awarded the honorary degree of doctor of science from Kenyon College in 1926.