Ph.B.

abbreviation

1. Bachelor of Philosophy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ph.B.¹

From Latin Philosophiae Baccalaureus

Example Sentences

In between, he headed up the New York office of the wartime OWL As a personality, Cowan is a paradox: a soft-spoken huckster with a Ph.B., who is more apt to recount his failures than his successes.

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At 19 he was graduated with a Ph.B. by Berea's Baldwin-Wallace College.

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Ph.B., and B.L. were abolished in 1900 and all graduates of the Literary Department were granted a degree of A.B. after that time, though the B.S. was later restored.

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Ph.B. and S.B.; it has a school of music, a school of art and an academy; in 1908 there were 267 students.

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Received Ph.B. degree from Columbia 1883; associate editor of Life 1884-8; has since served in various editorial capacities on Harper's Magazine, Harper's Weekly, and the Metropolitan Magazine.

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