Re: OT: White Goddess

(Private response)

> Ray,
> Bachelor of Arts, Master of Letters, Master of Science.
My father was in full:

        Thomas A. Cowan, A.B., B.A., M.A, Ph.D., LL.B., S.J.D.

and could rightly be addressed as Doctor Doctor Cowan.  Later, the American
universities retroactively changed all LL.B.'s to J.D.'s, after which
he would have become Doctor Doctor Doctor Cowan.

These are earned degrees -- he may also have held honorary degrees.
It all shows what you can do if it's the middle of the Depression
and going to school seems more sensible than trying to get a job.

John, degreeless.

--
John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
        --Douglas Hofstadter