Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 04:21:25 10/20/04
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On October 19, 2004 at 18:39:39, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >Hi Bob, > >since many years I wrote: >Prof. Robert Hyatt >(public information on webpages and so on). > >For around five years I got the information Prof. "with" ""Dr."" is right. >Please no ask me ... from which person you have the info. My brain loosed the >information. > >In engines.ini from Arena Chess GUI we have add at the moment: >Dr. Robert Hyatt (the next variant). > >What is right Bob? > >Prof. Dr. Robert Hyatt >Prof. Robert Hyatt >Dr. Robert Hyatt >Robert Hyatt >Bob Hyatt >Robert >or ... >only Bob :-)) > >I am sure you will say: Robert Hyatt > >But this is important if persons have interest to public information ... >Hope you understand the "little" problem! > >Have a nice day! > >A member in our forum wrote today: > >... > >>Hi, >>the name isn't: >>Dr. Robert Hyatt >>(without Dr. because after my information Mr. Robert Hyatt isn't "Dr."). >>Right is Prof. Robert Hyatt without "Dr." >>Robert is a Prof. without Dr. !! >>This is a different ... but the most means that a Prof. must be a "Dr." too :-) >>Best >>Frank > >I disagree. If you look at main.c in Crafty source you will see the copyright >statemen "Crafty, copyright 1996-2001 by Robert M. Hyatt, Ph.D." Also, if you >refer to the University of Alabama, Birmingham web site, the faculty listing for >him carries the same credentials. >A person with a Ph.D has the right to use Dr., so Dr. Robert M. Hyatt is >correct. Hi, in Germany that is technically incorrect, but basically anybody who has a Ph.D. title and asks to use the prefix "Dr." with his name will get permission to do so. I guess that Frank asks because the name authorities here are quite pedant. My advisor has a doctor title from Cambridge, but does not have permission to use the title "Dr." together with his name in Germany (he does not care and has not asked for it), so the correct way to address him is "Prof. Patterson", if you call him "Dr. Patterson" he will immediately correct you. If Bob lived in Germany and allowed people to call him "Dr. Hyatt" without first asking for permission to use that title, he would get fined. José. >Dave > >... > >Best >Frank
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