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This time, citing his “unsubstantiated and reckless personal opinions,” the laboratory rescinded the honorary titles it had bestowed, chancellor emeritus and honorary trustee.

He later apologised but his research institute stripped him of executive power and kicked him upstairs as chancellor emeritus.

His additional comments in 2019 - when he once again suggested a link between race and intelligence - led the lab to strip his honorary titles of chancellor emeritus, Oliver R Grace professor emeritus and honorary trustee.

"Timber is an amazing material," says Richard Hull, professor emeritus and fire retardants expert at the University of Lancaster.

The results were mixed at best, though, says Joshua Klayman, professor emeritus of behavioral science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.