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Brian May: Kids, stay in school…

Because even though you might be a rock guitar god, you still gotta hit those books:

Queen star finishes PhD thesis after 30 years

After more than 30 years which he spent as a member of one of the world’s most successful bands, Queen guitarist Brian May has finally finished his PhD thesis which he began as a student in the 1970s, The Times reported on Thursday.

May, 59, earned a degree in physics at Imperial College London but after years of studying interplanetary dust, he abandoned work towards his doctorate when Queen took off.

May worked on the PhD between 1971 and 1974, and kept all his hand-written notes on the subject through the years, finally discovering them in his loft recently.</em>


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