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* [[C. L. Barrett]]
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* [[Wm H. Evans]]
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* [[Paul Hammet]]
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* [[Jim Huttner]]
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* [[David H. Keller]]
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* [[Robert A. W. Lowndes]]
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* [[Bob Passovoy]]
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* [[E. E. Smith]]
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* [[R. D. Swisher]]
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* [[Burton Toskey]]
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* [[Arthur Weir]]
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* [[Andrew T. Young]]
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Oddly, neither of the two [[Futurian]] Ph.Ds, [[Isaac Asimov]] and [[Jack Robins]], were [[nicknamed]] “Doc,” perhaps because it had already been bestowed on [[Doc Lowndes]], who actually had no educational claim to it.
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Beginning in the 1960s, when higher education became more readily attainable, [[fans]] with doctorates became relatively common, and this [[nickname]] for them fell out of use. A few more medical doctors have been so designated, however.
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Most often the nickname standing alone refers to [[Robert W. Lowndes]], but it may mean [[C. L. Barrett]] or [[Paul Hammet]] Medicinae Doctores or [[R. D. Swisher]], [[Wm H. Evans]], [[Andrew T. Young]], or [[E. E. Smith]] ''Philosophiae Doctores''.  
 
Most often the nickname standing alone refers to [[Robert W. Lowndes]], but it may mean [[C. L. Barrett]] or [[Paul Hammet]] Medicinae Doctores or [[R. D. Swisher]], [[Wm H. Evans]], [[Andrew T. Young]], or [[E. E. Smith]] ''Philosophiae Doctores''.  
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Revision as of 18:44, 18 October 2020

This could mean:

Oddly, neither of the two Futurian Ph.Ds, Isaac Asimov and Jack Robins, were nicknamed “Doc,” perhaps because it had already been bestowed on Doc Lowndes, who actually had no educational claim to it.

Beginning in the 1960s, when higher education became more readily attainable, fans with doctorates became relatively common, and this nickname for them fell out of use. A few more medical doctors have been so designated, however.

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
Most often the nickname standing alone refers to Robert W. Lowndes, but it may mean C. L. Barrett or Paul Hammet Medicinae Doctores or R. D. Swisher, Wm H. Evans, Andrew T. Young, or E. E. Smith Philosophiae Doctores.

from Fancyclopedia 2 Supplement ca. 1960: Omitted were Doc Weir, D SC, and Doc Keller, MD; added later was Burton Toskey, PhD (who didn't get his degree in time for the last issue of Fancyclopedia II; erroneously included was Andy Young, who won't make his PhD until spring.

From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944
Most often the nickname means Robert W. Lowndes, but frequently it designates R. D. Swisher Ph D, and sometimes refers to C. L. Barrett MD or E. E. Smith Ph D.


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