I lately lost a preposition

[Mark Mandel]

Could "proceed" here be a UK university usage for something like "earn [a
degree]", possibly deriving from the academic procession? My access to OED
Online is down at the moment, and so am I (downstairs, that is, and my print
OEDs are upstairs).

m a m

On Feb 9, 2008 7:40 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> Sorry!  I thought everyone knew Joseph Hall (1574--1656), Bishop of
> Exeter, controversial minister, and prolific author of both satires
> and religious works.  Much republished.
>
> DD here is Doctor of Divinity, to which he proceeded some time after
> his Bachelor's and ordination.
>
> Joel
>
> At 2/9/2008 05:16 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:
> >What is DD? If it's someone's initials, isn't this a slip for "preceded"?
> >
> >On Feb 7, 2008 9:40 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> >
> > >  From the Dictionary of National Biography (recent print edition):
> > >
> > > "[Joseph] Hall proceeded DD in ...".
>

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Mark Mandel

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