The real name of The Professor on Gilligan's Island was Roy Hinkley. What was he a "professor" of?

Professor Roy Hinkley was actually a high-school science teacher from Cleveland, Ohio. Like the Skipper, his real name was very rarely mentioned in the series. His area of expertise was botany, which motivated the main purpose he was on the cruise in the first place: to write a book called Fun with Ferns.

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