Oldest Doctorate

The oldest person to be awarded a doctorate is Emeritus Professor Dr Heinz Wenderoth (Germany), who was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science by the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hannover on 29 September 2008 at the age of 97. The subject of his dissertation was Cell Biological Studies in the Morphology and Physiology of primitive marine Placozoons Trichoplax Adhaerens.