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Subject: Re: Question for Bob Hyatt ...

Author: Omid David Tabibi

Date: 14:51:43 10/20/04

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On October 20, 2004 at 07:21:25, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:

>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.

That is most illogical.

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Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

doctor \dak-ter\ n [ME doctour teacher, doctor, fr. MF & ML; MF, fr. ML doctor,
fr. L, teacher, fr. docere to teach] 1 : a person holding one of the highest
academic degrees (as a PhD) conferred by a university 2 : one skilled in healing
arts; esp : an academically and legally qualified physician, surgeon, dentist,
or veterinarian 3 : a person who restores or repairs things  doctoral \-te-rel\
adj
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A person who has a PhD is a "Dr".





>José.
>
>>Dave
>>
>>...
>>
>>Best
>>Frank



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