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His DPhil thesis, entitled ' The Relationship Between Creator and Creature in Science Fiction ', examines how British and American science fiction of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries examine the relationship between humanity and a putative creating deity through stories about the creation of sentient individuals by scientists, working from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein through to recent authors like Bruce Sterling, William Gibson and Dan Simmons.
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* The Reverend Dr R T Kendall, Minister of Westminster Chapel ); prolific writer ; he completed his DPhil thesis, ' The nature of saving faith from William Perkins ( d. 1602 ) to the Westminster Assembly )' at Regent's Park in 1977
She wrote five original research papers which were sufficient for her to earn her DPhil degree without the need of a formal written thesis.
The New Zealand Wars ( 1987 ) was based on his DPhil thesis, and won the international Trevor Reese Memorial Prize.
* Rudder, John ; Yolngu Cosmology: An Unchanging Cosmos Incorporating a Rapidly Changing World, DPhil thesis, Australian National University, 1993
* Nick Middleton, The Geography of Dust Storms ( University of Oxford DPhil thesis, 1986 )
He took a BA ( Hons ) in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics ( 1941, MA ) 1946 ) and a DPhil in Social Anthropology in 1947, with a thesis entitled The position of the chief in the modern political system of Ashanti: a study of the influence of contemporary social changes on Ashanti political institutions.
: Why the Houses of Parliament voted to abolish the slave trade in 1807 ( 1993 ) and a DPhil with her thesis The political life of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806 ( 1998 ).
He holds a DPhil in History from Oxford University ( 2004 ), where his thesis was on the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait.
DPhil and Science
The degrees in Science and Letters were added in the 19th century, and the degree in Philosophy was added in 1914 ( although the DPhil is not considered a " higher doctorate ").
At Cambridge, he read Islamic Studies ( 1969 – 71 ), Social and Political Science ( 1971 – 72 ), and Moral Sciences ( 1972 – 73 ), before moving to the University of Oxford, where he received his BPhil in philosophy in 1977 and his DPhil in philosophy in 1983.
DPhil and British
British universities award ' normal ' doctorates in the form of PhD or DPhil in all subjects.
DPhil and American
The DPhil is a research degree, modelled on the German and American PhD, which was introduced in 1914.
DPhil and by
By the end of 2006, a total of 165 DPhil students had successfully defended their theses based on work carried out at the EGI ; this number is at least matched by the number of postdoctoral and other research visitors who have spent time at the Institute.
*" A Journal of Certain Events of Scientific Interest from the First Survey Voyage of the Southern Waters by HMS Ocelot, As Observed by Professor Thaddeus Boswell, DPhil, MSc, or, A Lullaby ", by Helen Keeble ( Strange Horizons 6 / 09 )
He then studied at New College, Oxford — under David Daube, Regius Professor of Civil Law — where he graduated with an MA ( by decree ) and DPhil, and was Dyke Junior Research Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford from 1969 to 1970 and a Fellow of New College from 1970 to 1972.
Later, with funds provided by the Hebrew University, Raz pursued a Doctor of Philosophy ( DPhil ) at Oxford University under the supervision of H. L. A. Hart.
Professor Raymond Allen Dwek BSc DPhil DSc FRS ( born 10 November 1941 ) is a scientist at the University of Oxford and founded its spin-off biotechnology company, Oxford GlycoSciences Ltd. ( acquired by Celltech in 2003 ).
DPhil and working
In 1932 he graduated with First Class honours in physics and then, working in the Clarendon Laboratory, completed his DPhil in 1934.
DPhil and from
Connolley holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics and a DPhil from St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford for his work on numerical analysis .< ref >
Born in Swansea, Wales, Dr. Julian Lewis was educated at Dynevor School, Swansea, at Balliol College, Oxford, from which he received an MA in Philosophy and Politics in 1977, and at St Antony's College, Oxford, from which he received a DPhil in Strategic Studies in 1981.
Wright was educated at the London School of Economics ( gaining a First class honours BSc in Government in 1970 ), Harvard University ( where he was a Kennedy Scholar from 1970-1 ), and Balliol College, Oxford, gaining a DPhil in 1973.
He went to Keble College, University of Oxford, in 1929 as the Rhodes Scholar from Alberta, and earned a BA, MA, MLitt and DPhil ; he also played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club, which won the Spengler Cup in 1931.
In 1965, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity College, University of Toronto and in 1967, he received a Master of Philosophy from Balliol College, Oxford and Doctor of Philosophy ( DPhil ) from St Antony's College, Oxford in 1975.
He also has a Master of Arts degree from Sydney University, a Bachelor of Divinity degree from the University of London and a Doctor of Philosophy ( DPhil ) degree from the University of Oxford.
After gaining his DPhil degree from Oxford University in 1983, Donaldson was appointed a Junior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, he spent the academic year 1983 – 84 at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and returned to Oxford as Wallis Professor of Mathematics in 1985.
McGrath holds two doctorates from the University of Oxford, a DPhil in Molecular Biophysics and a Doctor of Divinity in Theology.
in Social Studies from Harvard University ( 1973 ), where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was affiliated with Adams House, and a DPhil in Sociology from Balliol College, Oxford ( 1982 ), where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
She was educated at Plympton Grammar School, at Cambridge University, the University of California and Columbia University, New York ( both where she was Harkness Fellow from 1962 to 1964 ), and at Nuffield College, Oxford ( MA, DPhil ).
A. in philosophy and history and his M. A. in history from the University of Iceland, before going on to study politics at the University of Oxford where he received his DPhil.
Ockinga graduated from the University of Auckland, New Zealand with a BA and an MA, and the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen Germany, with a DPhil.
He took an MA from Cornell University in Philosophy, in 1968, and a DPhil in philosophy from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1974.
DPhil and .
* Professor Samuel E. Balentine DPhil ( Oxon ), Professor of Old Testament
* Joseph Shaw, MA, DPhil ( Oxon.
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* Yvonne Cornish, MA, DPhil ( Oxon.
* Marina Bazzani, Laurea ( Genova ), MA ( Catholic University of America ), DPhil ( Oxon.
* The Revd Jennifer Cooper, BA ( Toronto ), MA ( Ottawa ), DPhil ( Oxon.
* Professor Henry Mayr-Harting, MA, DPhil ( Oxon.
He then took a DPhil degree in organometallic chemistry at the University of York and spent three years as a post-doctoral scholar at the University of Alberta in Canada.
This displaced the existing Doctor of Philosophy degree in some universities ; for instance, the DPhil ( higher doctorate in the faculty of philosophy ) at the University of St Andrews was discontinued and replaced with the Ph. D. ( research doctorate ).
Oxford retained the DPhil abbreviation for their research degrees.
1963 ), chose to adopt the DPhil, as did some universities in New Zealand.
In the United Kingdom, there are only two or at most three examiners, and the examination is in many universities strictly in private — however, in the University of Oxford, at least, in theory any member of the University may attend a DPhil viva ( the University's regulations require that details of the examination and its time and place be published formally in advance ) provided he or she attends in full academic dress.
In July 1962, Dr Albert Sloman, MA, DPhil, Gilmour Professor of Spanish and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Liverpool, was appointed as Vice-Chancellor and the Rt.
), while at Oxford the abbreviation D precedes the faculty ( e. g. DPhil, DLitt ).
The BPhil / MPhil is a part-taught, part-research degree which is often a stepping stone to the DPhil.
Roger Berry was born in 1948 in Huddersfield and educated at the Dalton County Primary School on Mayfield Avenue in Huddersfield ; Huddersfield New College ; the University of Bristol, where he obtained a BSc in Economics in 1970 ; and the University of Sussex where he was awarded a DPhil in Economics in 1977.
From Oxford University, he gained a DPhil in 1976 and much later a DCL in 1998.
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