A report on Professor

Albert Einstein as a professor
The Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates was one of the earliest recorded professors.
Toni Morrison, Emeritus Professor at Princeton University.
Salary of professors, as reported in the 2005 report the DHV. Bars are for assistant professor, associate professor and full professor, respectively.
Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes story "The Final Problem"

Academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries.

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Albert Einstein as a professor

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List of academic ranks

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Rank of a scientist or teacher in a college, high school, university or research establishment.

Rank of a scientist or teacher in a college, high school, university or research establishment.

Professor

The School of Athens, fresco by Raphael (1509–1510), of an idealized academy

Academy

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Institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning, research, or honorary membership.

Institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning, research, or honorary membership.

The School of Athens, fresco by Raphael (1509–1510), of an idealized academy
Nalanda, ancient center of higher learning in Bihar, India from 427 to 1197
The modern Academy of Athens, next to the University of Athens and the National Library forming 'the Trilogy', designed by Schinkel's Danish pupil Theofil Hansen, 1885, in Greek Ionic, academically correct even to the polychrome sculpture.
Åbo Akademi, an academy building designed by Charles Bassi, was built on 1833 in Turku, Finland.
A map outlining the academies overseeing education in France.
Professors and newly conferred doctors of philosophy posing at a Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduation.

In the United States, the term academic is approximately synonymous with that of the job title professor although in recent decades a growing number of institutions include librarians in the category of "academic staff".

Lord Grenville as Chancellor of the University of Oxford; painting by William Owen

Chancellor (education)

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Leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system.

Leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system.

Lord Grenville as Chancellor of the University of Oxford; painting by William Owen
The Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord Patten, in procession at Encaenia, 2009
William Smyth, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford; painting by Gilbert Jackson

Examples of these include the appointment of new professors and docents.

The Scholar and His Books by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

Scholar

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Person who pursues academic and intellectual activities, particularly academics who apply their intellectualism into expertise in an area of study.

Person who pursues academic and intellectual activities, particularly academics who apply their intellectualism into expertise in an area of study.

The Scholar and His Books by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

A scholar can also be an academic, who works as a professor, teacher, or researcher at a university.

Academic ranks in the United States

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Academic ranks in the United States are the titles, relative importance and power of professors, researchers, and administrative personnel held in academia.

Academic ranks in the United States are the titles, relative importance and power of professors, researchers, and administrative personnel held in academia.

Professor ("Full Professor", i.e., the destination of the "tenure track," upon exhausting all promotions other than those of special distinction)

Reader (academic rank)

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Appointment for a senior academic with a distinguished international reputation in research or scholarship.

Appointment for a senior academic with a distinguished international reputation in research or scholarship.

Reader is similar to a professor without a chair, similar to the distinction between professor extraordinarius and professor ordinarius at some European universities, professor and chaired professor in Hong Kong and "professor name" (or associate professor) and chaired professor in Ireland.

A group of new PhD graduates with their professors

Doctor of Philosophy

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Most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study.

Most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study.

A group of new PhD graduates with their professors
A new PhD graduate from the University of Birmingham, wearing a doctor's bonnet, shakes hands with the Chancellor
A Yale University PhD diploma from 1861.
A South African PhD graduate (on right, wearing ceremonial gown)
PhD gown, University of Cambridge
PhD SPbSU certificate

The completion of a PhD is often a requirement for employment as a university professor, researcher, or scientist in many fields.

Associate professor

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Academic title with two principal meanings: in the North American system and that of the Commonwealth system.

Academic title with two principal meanings: in the North American system and that of the Commonwealth system.

In the North American system, used in the United States and many other countries, it is a position between assistant professor and a full professorship.

Dr. Irwin Jacobs received an Honorary Distinguished Chair Professorship from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan in 2013

Honorary title (academic)

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Employee beyond regular duties.

Employee beyond regular duties.

Dr. Irwin Jacobs received an Honorary Distinguished Chair Professorship from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan in 2013
Sir John Meurig Thomas received an Honorary Distinguished Professorship from Osaka Prefecture University, Japan in 2006
Dr. Harry Shum received an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong in 2017

Examples of such titles are Honorary Professor, Honorary Fellow, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Honorary Reader, Honorary Lecturer (normally applies to non-teaching staff, who give occasional lectures), Visiting Fellow (normally applies to students carrying out further studies and research programmes), Industrial Fellow.

"The Astrologer who Fell into a Well"John Tenniel's illustration from an 1884 edition of Aesop's fables, based on a story about Thales of Miletus

Absent-minded professor

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Stock character of popular fiction, usually portrayed as a talented academic whose academic brilliance is accompanied by below-par functioning in other areas, leading to forgetfulness and mistakes.

Stock character of popular fiction, usually portrayed as a talented academic whose academic brilliance is accompanied by below-par functioning in other areas, leading to forgetfulness and mistakes.

"The Astrologer who Fell into a Well"John Tenniel's illustration from an 1884 edition of Aesop's fables, based on a story about Thales of Miletus
Per Lindroth, 1929, Den tankspridde professorn (The Thoughtful Professor)

It is a common stereotype that professors get so obsessed with their research that they pay little attention to anything else.