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Abraham Van Helsing - Dracula 1992

Professor Abraham Van Helsing from Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Professor, sometimes shortened to just Prof, is a title reserved for those who have amassed academic expertise in a particular field of study. In other words, they are a smarty-pants. The title is awarded to senior members of an academic chair at a college or university holding a Ph.D. or equivalent qualification.

Beyond holding the proper academic title, universities in many countries also append famous artists, athletes and foreign dignitaries with the title honorary professor, even if these persons don't have the academic qualifications typically necessary for professorship. However, such "professors" usually do not undertake academic work for the granting institution.

Characters[]

Character Film/Series
Charles Xavier X-Men film series
Jacob Bernhardt Day the Earth Stood Still, The
Joel Barash Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell
Abraham Van Helsing Dracula (1992)
J. Van Helsing Hammer Horror
John Hammond Jurassic Park
Julian Fuchs Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Professor, The Animal Crackers
Van Helsing Universal Monsters
Wendy Derleth Wishmaster

In film[]

  • Dracula: In Francis Ford Coppola's adapatation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Abraham Van Helsing was a professor of science at a European university. He specialized in diseases of blood and taught a seminar in which he allowed himself to be bitten by a live vampire bat.
  • Wishmaster: Wendy Derleth was a professor of folklore at a university in California. She shared her knowledge of Middle Eastern creatures known as Djinn with a woman named Alexandra Amberson.
  • Zombie High: Professor Philo was a teacher at the Ettinger boarding school, which had a bizarre situation occurring relating to the zombie-like drones that made up its student body. Professor Philo took pity on a scholarship student named Andrea, who bore a strong resemblance to a lost love.
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