1(in certain US and European universities and colleges) a member of the teaching staff immediately below professorial rank.
‘After leaving Italy in 1922, Cech wrote his habilitation thesis, becoming a docent at the Charles University of Prague.’
‘In 1920 he returned to St Petersburg to two posts, one as professor at the Polytechnic Institute, and the other as docent at the university.’
‘Mellin was appointed as a docent at the University of Stockholm from 1884-91 but never actually gave any lectures.’
‘On 10 June 1890 Bendixson was appointed as a docent at Stockholm University.’
‘Almost all our professors of mathematics lectured at these clandestine universities, and quite a few of the students then are now professors or docents themselves.’
‘He spent time in both Warsaw and Krakow and on 26 June obtained his habilitation and began lecturing as a docent.’
‘Of course, it did not escape him, that the number of doctorates, habilitations, and docents slowly but surely fell off, although the number of students increased considerably.’
‘Having secured his doctorate, he returned to the Jagiellonian University in Kraków where he was appointed a docent in 1927.’
‘With his qualification to teach in universities, Guenther became a docent at Munich Polytechnicum in 1874.’
‘On 8 February 1917 he became a docent of mathematics at Uppsala University.’
‘The president signed draft legislation granting the professors a 9.45 percent raise; the docents had demanded 18 percent.’
‘In July 1913 Bohr was appointed as a docent in Copenhagen.’
‘He then taught there as a docent, visiting Göttingen in 1901.’
‘In addition to finally recovering from hepatitis and becoming docent at Lund, it was in this same year that he made his next great theoretical breakthrough.’
2A person who acts as a guide, typically on a voluntary basis, in a museum, art gallery, or zoo.
‘Museum docents, who will be musicians, will guide school groups through the museum, bringing history alive through performances, storytelling and interactive exhibits.’
‘Today we were the lucky recipients of a private tour, a gift from our friend G. who volunteers at the museum as a docent.’
‘Tour guides/docents will help us explore the emotional, aesthetic and spiritual impact of art in the largest urban sculpture garden in the U.S.’
‘While not quite docents in a museum, they nonetheless will provide you with an overview that is several steps above pidgin history.’
‘Several museum docents come from pioneer families and will happily share gossip about Danville's past.’
‘When we arrived, we followed her around the central room of the temple as if she were a museum docent, listening intently to her stories.’
‘Keep in mind that everyone wants to be a docent at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but plenty of smaller museums can use help.’
‘One of the trip participants, a docent at our museum, remains a close friend and supporter.’
‘For several years He volunteered as a docent at the Cowboy Artists of America Museum.’
‘She works as a docent at the Art Car Museum, an avant-garde gallery in Houston.’
‘An animateur is a hybrid of docent, tour guide, art historian, and artist.’
‘‘Our volunteers serve as docents at the exhibits, perform living history programs, do maintenance work on the ships and assist in special events,’ Schmidt says.’
‘Conducting all of these projects puts tremendous demands on our small staff of 110 employees, even with the help of several hundred docents and volunteers.’
‘All talks and tours are led by specially-trained docents - volunteers who give their time to share their vast knowledge of the history of the RA with the public.’
‘A 45-minute guided tour of the ship led by costumed docents highlights the challenges and hardships faced by Columbus and his crew.’
‘I've been an art museum docent for nearly 20 years.’
‘It's a remarkable deal - his curatorial taste is sharp and his personal commentary more informed than that of any museum docent.’
‘Every few years the museum would offer a course to be a docent.’
‘Museum interns have researched the families, and docents show us photographs of descendants.’
‘There were no such art works, but the agents questioned a museum docent about the artists, who funded the museum, and who had visited the exhibit.’
Origin
Late 19th century via German from Latin docent- ‘teaching’, from docere ‘teach’.
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