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polymath

[pol-ee-math] / ˈpɒl iˌmæθ /






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And there are details on her life with her third husband, the polymath George Cooper.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

He was tutored by his uncle, Étienne-Jean Delécluze, a polymath painter, art critic and novelist.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

Later this month, the world premiere of Kurtag's second opera "Die Stechardin" about the 18th-century love story of a German polymath and a flower girl will cap the centenary of his birth.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 2026

Legxacy is a mercurial figure – a musical polymath, defiantly original, who has largely stopped speaking in public, partly due to the tragic backstory behind his latest mixtape.

From BBC Jan. 8, 2026

His father was a wealthy banker in Birmingham; his mother was the daughter of Erasmus Darwin, the polymath poet and doctor, who was also Charles Darwin's grandfather.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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