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Doctor of Letters

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Doctor of Letters

Summary

Doctor of Letters is a title of honor[1]. It draws 364 Wikipedia views per month (title_of_honor category, ranking #28 of 178).[2]

Key Facts

  • Doctor of Letters's instance of is recorded as title of honor[3].
  • Doctor of Letters's subclass of is recorded as higher doctorate[4].
  • Doctor of Letters's subclass of is recorded as doctorate[5].
  • Doctor of Letters's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/090fz4[6].
  • Doctor of Letters's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'D.Litt.'}[7].

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Designation and Status

Doctor of Letters's instance of is recorded as title of honor[3].

Why It Matters

Doctor of Letters draws 364 Wikipedia views per month (title_of_honor category, ranking #28 of 178).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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