Sir Edward Howard Marsh KCVO CB CMG (18 November 1872 – 13 January 1953) was a British polymath, translator, arts patron and civil servant. He was the...
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Edward Marsh may refer to: Edward Marsh (cricketer) (1865–1926), British cricketer Edward Marsh (polymath) (1872–1953), British polymath, translator, arts...
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politician 13 December – Jim Davidson, comedian 13 January – Sir Edward Marsh, polymath and civil servant (born 1872) 28 January – Derek Bentley, criminal...
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have been "a rebuff to Indian students". Marsh was father to the polymath Edward Marsh and father-in-law of the controversial general and writer, Frederick...
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to the Center of the Earth. A major influence was the Arts and Crafts polymath William Morris. Tolkien wanted to imitate his prose and poetry romances...
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Ray (1627–1705), naturalist William Yarrell (1784–1856), naturalist John Zachary Young (1907–1997), neurophysiologist Thomas Young (1773–1829), polymath...
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pronounced [aristotélɛːs]; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences...
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134–142. doi:10.1080/00029890.2009.11920920. JSTOR 27642690. S2CID 6068179. Marsh, Allison (30 April 2020). "Who Invented Radio: Guglielmo Marconi or Aleksandr...
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his ministry there, Malan was enabled to do many more things that his polymath interests prompted him to pursue while there than if he had been, for example...
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and cryptographer; he epitomised the nature of those identified now as polymaths. He is considered the founder of Western cryptography, a claim he shares...
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Cameroonian-Gabonese-French biographical drama film about Albert Schweitzer, the Alsatian polymath Heat (1995) – crime drama film loosely based on Chicago police officer...
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Musa as an astronomer. According to one story, al Ma’mun saw the Greek polymath Aristotle in a dream telling him about the importance of natural philosophy...
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Lubbock, banker, archaeologist, Liberal politician, philanthropist and polymath (died 1913) 19 June – Charles Spurgeon, Baptist preacher (died 1892) 28...
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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer...
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Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy...
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N (natural sciences), Nh (natural history, environment), O (opera), P (polymath), Ph (philosophy), Po (politics, government), Ps (psychology), R (religion...
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The Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was the founding figure of the High Renaissance, and exhibited enormous influence on subsequent artists...
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courtesy name Zirong (Chinese: 子容; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chú-iông), was a Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman. Excelling in a variety of fields, he was accomplished...
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helped to create a Pan-Asian culture that is shared across the region. The polymath Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali poet, dramatist, and writer from Santiniketan...
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Hawthorne. Later well-known works were Dracula by Bram Stoker, Richard Marsh's The Beetle and Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr...
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original on January 28, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2022. Steve Martin Is A Polymath: Click To Find Out What That Means! on YouTube published September 29,...
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of the Maldives was then referred to as Diva Kanbar by the scholar and polymath al-Biruni (973–1048). The name Maldives may also derive from Sanskrit माला...
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Cathedral in c. 1343. Filippo Brunelleschi (1377–1446), was an architect and polymathic genius, who, among other achievements, was the discoverer of linear perspective...
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1915. Brian Yeo, footballer, was born in the town in 1950. Thomas Young, polymath and translator of the Rosetta Stone List of people from Sussex Worthing...
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Grimmelshausen, author of the novel Simplicius Simplicissimus Athanasius Kircher, polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, philosopher and mathematician Ehrenfried Walther...
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author, astrologer Sir Charles Lyell (1797–1875), Victorian geologist and polymath Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), nurse Chris Packham (born 1961), naturalist...
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Rabindranath Tagore (Law 1878–1879, did not graduate), Bengali poet and polymath; first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1913) Sean Thomas...
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historian of Kashmir and Indian Subcontinent Hemachandra (12th century), Jain polymath Abdul Malik Isami (14th century), Indian historian and poet Jonaraja (15th...
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Islands, and Moody Point in Antarctica are named after him. Moody was a polymath who excelled in engineering, architecture, and music. He planned the restoration...
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Chandragupta (who late became a celebrated art director), Kamal Kumar Majumdar (a polymath and author of stylish prose), Radha Prasad Gupta, Chidananda Das Gupta...
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