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Is there life beyond a PhD?

Perhaps it's just my fear of being pigeon-holed, (I still harbour dreams of becoming the BBC's first female football commentator, or an internationally renowned textile artist!), but recently I've been quite preoccupied with coming up with a list of celebrities and other well known people with PhDs, who are predominantly known for something else. So far I have this paltry list:

Are there any more? The finality of becoming Dr Barnes is causing me anxiety; what if I have nothing left to strive for? I need to know that there is life outside academia beyond a PhD. And, just to make things worse, I keep reading surveys that suggest that women with PhDs are more likely to remain singletons. Am I destined to become spinster of this parish? Questions, questions, questions...

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Anonymous said…
How about Martin Luther King, Lewis Carroll and Condoleezza Rice?

If being single with a PhD concerns you, console yourself with the knowledge that single women and married men live the longest...
Sunday, June 15, 2008 4:30:00 pm
The Attic said…
Ah - of course! At least we have one woman on the list now too. Who is also single (or at least, officially). Hmmmm - a long life without love would be very dull indeed - I've woken up in a *very* melodramatic mood this morning ;).
Monday, June 16, 2008 9:31:00 am
Catherine said…
I think John Reid's got one too - at least, Private Eye was always ribbing him for it during his jobswitching days!

And I couldn't call my PhD-holding mum a celeb, but she *is* celebrating 28 years of happy marriage this year...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:30:00 pm
The Attic said…
He certainly does; I always thought it he was a medical doctor, but apparently not. And it's good to know that there is hope for us academic singletons. :)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:46:00 pm
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