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Oldest student to be awarded PhD is 91yrs of age!
Tue, 01 Jan 2008
ANI
London, July 17 (ANI): A Second World War veteran has become the oldest student to be awarded a PhD by Cambridge University.
Michael Cobb, 91, was evacuated in the last boat out of Dunkirk.
He began 'The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas' in 1978, and spent 18 years writing the book after travelling every train line in the UK.
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It took another seven years to get into print.
"I was 62 when I started and never thought of a PhD," the Mirror quoted him as saying.
Examiner Dr. Richard Smith said: "The atlas is a remarkable piece of scholarship. It charts the dates of every line and station."
Cobb will receive the doctorate on July 19 at a ceremony attended by his family. (ANI)
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