Joanne Rowling's Doctorates

[sandon96]

Shaun Hately wrote:
> While some people have said Bill Cosby has an earned doctorate, meaning he is not 
> doing this, it's quite valid to use an Honourary Doctorate as a path to employment 
> provided you don't claim they are an academic degree. Generally an honourary degree 
> is awarded in an area the person has gained some distinction and eminence in, and it 
> tells people that the professionals in the field respect this person's achievements in that 
> area. That's certainly of potential relevance to their employment.
> 
> Provided they don't claim academic training they have not had, there's no problem here 
> - and in fact, most Honourary Doctorates (not all) are of types that are never given 
> academically so any moderately informed person (like hopefully those interviewing for a 
> position) can tell the difference from the postnominal letters.
> 

So is this how Gilderoy Lockhart bamboozled Dumbledore into the DADA 
job? Gilderoy Lockhart - Order of Merlin, Third Class, **Honorary**
Member of the Dark Force Defense League, and five time winner of Witch 
Weekly's Most-Charming-Smile Award (emphasis mine on Honorary). <grin>

Stacie (who also likes the Doctorate in Domestic Engineering)