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[hierophant49]

What's the youngest that a person could be and, provided they never skipped ahead, become a professor of English literature?

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[amritamani]

I knew someone that was 24-25ish that became a professor

I think their senior year of HS, some classes overlapped as college classes so they got credits for it and they graduated at 17

[mobyjane]

Late twenties -- say 27 or 28.

[anubis75]

When you say that do you mean a professor with tenure? If so I'd say 30. If you're just talking a Lecturer with a PhD, 25-27 depending on how quickly he got through graduate work, disseration, etc.

[hierophant49]

Not sure--but the 25-27 age range seems right (trying to determine the age of a coworker).

[soror_daath]

I'm rubbing off on him, eh? (Meaning the guy up there who just commented to you...) Heh heh heh.....

[leafshimmer]

If it was somebody who had tested genius level scores as a youngster, the person could be very young indeed--early 20s. Normally the youngest ones would be mid 20s, however. This might be someone who is still working on their dissertation but has started teaching (I am assuming you are including people who are adjunct faculty, not necessarily just Full Professors).

[honeysuckle29]

The professor that I worked for got
has PHD when he was 29.
He took a year off to "see"
the world first.
If the person you are talking about
has a PHD is a genus, maybe early 20's.
Either way is over age 18.
So what is stopping you?
Smile.