Queen rocker earns doctorate

Queen guitarist Brian May has gained his doctorate in astronomy - 36 years after starting his thesis.

Sat, 25 Aug, 2007 - 16:15

Queen guitarist Brian May has gained his doctorate in astronomy - 36 years after starting his thesis.

May - who abandoned his studies to pursue a music career - handed in the 48,000-word paper, called 'Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud', to London's Imperial College in July.

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