July 25, 2007
Queen guitarist to complete doctorate
From Yahoo! News:
Brian May is completing his doctorate in astrophysics, more than 30 years after he abandoned his studies to form the rock group Queen.
The 60-year-old guitarist and songwriter said he plans to submit his thesis, "Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud," to supervisors at Imperial College London within the next two weeks.
May was an astrophysics student at Imperial College when Queen, which included Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, was formed in 1970. He dropped his doctorate as the glam rock band became successful.
More here. [Thanks to Asad Raza--and congratulations to Brian!] Bonus video:
Posted by Abbas Raza at 01:07 PM | Permalink
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At schools I am familiar with in the U.S., there is a limit to how many years you may take before being dismissed from a graduate program. I have a friend who lost his very prestigious teaching job--he was very talented teacher--because his Ivy League school dropped him after a number of extensions to his dismissal date. He had all done, including his research, but failed to complete the dissertation. But then he was not a rock star.
Posted by: fred lapides | Jul 25, 2007 1:42:49 PM
Doctoral Board Member to Brian: "Just tell us what the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody mean and you're in!"
Posted by: beajerry | Jul 25, 2007 4:10:18 PM
This thread would not be complete without a footnote linking Zero Wing Rhapsody.
Posted by: Hootsbuddy | Jul 26, 2007 5:49:26 AM
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