Boy's name — academic bigwig (4)
I believe the answer is:
dean
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">boy's name</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">academic bigwig</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for dean that I've seen before include "Head of e.g. faculty" , "College official" , "school head" , "University officer" , "A senior clergyman - Swift was one" .)