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[QUOTE=JudicatorPrime;5400536]Lastly, don't forget that lawyers receive the equivalent of a Ph.D. in the form of the Juris Doctor or Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. So depending on the scope of your inquiry, you can include characters like She-Hulk and Daredevil in the list. (Obviously, attorneys don't generally run around using the "Dr." title. "Esq." is more the acceptable professional standard.)[/QUOTE]A Juris Doctor is not the equivalent of a PhD. It's an advanced degree on par with a master's degree. There are also masters of laws degrees and doctor of laws degrees for those who already have a JD.
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[QUOTE=Zauriel;5400535]Well, Doom can get a doctorate from the University of Latveria if there is a University of Latveria.[/QUOTE]
If there was not an University of Latveria, he probably built one just for this purpose.
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[QUOTE=CaptCleghorn;5400815]Yeah, is the intent of the thread to list characters with doctoral degrees or just those with a PhD?
If it's any doctoral degree (including law and medicine), I nominate Thor. Two Thors, actually. I leave it to the reader to discover how and why, but it really ain't that difficult.
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A medicinal doctor's equivalent to a PhD is called Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D.)
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine[/url]
Doesn't MCU Jane Foster have a master's degree in astrophysics?
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[QUOTE=Zauriel;5402431]A medicinal doctor's equivalent to a PhD is called Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D.)
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine[/url]
Doesn't MCU Jane Foster have a master's degree in astrophysics?[/QUOTE]
According to this, she has the title doctor:
[url]https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Jane_Foster[/url]
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[QUOTE=davew128;5401064]A Juris Doctor is not the equivalent of a PhD. It's an advanced degree on par with a master's degree. There are also masters of laws degrees and doctor of laws degrees for those who already have a JD.[/QUOTE]
You are correct. Richard Nixon, Bill and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama all have had a Juris Doctor. The current united States senators who were lawyers have a JD. The entire SCOTUS have a Juris Doctor. Every US Attorney General since the 1970's have had a JD.
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[QUOTE=Zauriel;5400375]Which characters do you know have a Ph.D. which is short for Philosophy Doctor (Doctor of Philosophy)?
Reed Richards - has about 30 or more PhDs
Bruce Banner - has seven or eight PhDs, which he claimed he has in a Thor MCU movie.
Dr. Strange - has a degree in neurosurgery
Henry Pym - has PhDs in biochemistry and entomology
Dr. Octopus
Curt Connors
Professor X (Charles Francis Xavier) - has got a degree in genetics from the University of Oxford
I don't know if Hank McCoy ever got any degree from a college.
Peter Parker had a PhD in biophysics but it was revoked due to plagiarism
Doctor Doom was expelled from university so he didn't get a doctorate. He's probably the only doctor without a doctorate[/QUOTE]
Dr. Strange is an M.D., not a Ph.D. to the best of my knowledge. While it's always tough to figure out when superheroes have the time for education. I'm pretty sure Hank McCoy has a Ph.D. Probably has since before he was working at Brand (where he became the hairy Beast).
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[QUOTE=Zauriel;5400555]There is another Doctor of Law degree called Legum Doctor (LL.D.). It is a doctorate-level academic degree in law
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Law[/url]
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legum_Doctor[/url][/QUOTE]
That's right. A J.D. is not a "real" doctorate. (I say this as a lawyer.)
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[QUOTE=mugiwara;5401223]If there was not an University of Latveria, he probably built one just for this purpose.[/QUOTE]
Here is an interesting [URL="https://screenrant.com/doctor-doom-marvel-name-not-real-doctor/"]article[/URL] for forumers to read in case they haven't read it.
[img]https://static3.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Doctor-Doom-Strange-Fan-Comic-Image.jpg[/img]
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[QUOTE=Sandy Hausler;5409472]Dr. Strange is an M.D., not a Ph.D. to the best of my knowledge. While it's always tough to figure out when superheroes have the time for education. I'm pretty sure Hank McCoy has a Ph.D. Probably has since before he was working at Brand (where he became the hairy Beast).[/QUOTE]
I stand corrected. Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) is different from Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D).
Professor Xavier gave Hank McCoy a PhD. As a teacher and professor, Charles Xavier may have been authorized to.
Doesn't Amadeus Cho already have a PhD? I know he is young but he is already very smart, he could have earned a degree. In real life, there are kids Cho's age who earned a doctorate.
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[QUOTE=Zauriel;5409862]
Doesn't Amadeus Cho already have a PhD? I know he is young but he is already very smart, he could have earned a degree. In real life, there are kids Cho's age who earned a doctorate.[/QUOTE]
616 Amadeus Cho is apparently a high school drop-out and is largely self-educated. You may be thinking of the Amadeus Cho from the Ultimate Universe who had like 3 doctorates.
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On a related note, I'm still waiting for someone to name whatever doctorate Marvel lazily gave Sue Storm.
How can you give someone a qualification and not state what it's in? You can't say you did a good thing. How lazy.
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Dr. Monica Rappaccini Phd, a Physicist like Banner.
Dr. Alice Nugent aka Dr.Spectrum. Unknown worked as a Scientist under Pym.
Dr. Karla Sofen MD in Psychiatry & Phd in Psychology aka Moonstone/Meteorite.
Dr. Voletta Todd Nuclear Physicist. aka Ion
Dr. Tania Belinskaya MD Neurosurgeon aka Starlight. A Neurosurgeon close friend of Doctor Strange. She was also part of Defenders. But she is an MD (Doctor of Medicine) though not a Phd Scientist.
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[QUOTE=JudicatorPrime;5400545]Tony has PhDs in Physics, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. It's not just a Master's of ME.[/QUOTE]
Thank you for posting this. You beat me to it.
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Brian Braddock has a PhD in Physics
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obviously not Peter Parker (anymore)...