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polymath

[pol-ee-math] / ˈpɒl iˌmæθ /






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"I like facts, I like knowledge, I like having wide interests. There's various ways of describing such a person, dilettante might be one way and polymath might be another."

From BBC

It’s hardly surprising that there’s a strong market for books and articles claiming to demystify the painting’s creator, even though not much is definitively known about the Italian polymath.

From The Wall Street Journal

Indeed, Stewart has proven time and time again that she is a domestic polymath to be reckoned with.

From Salon

Alberti was a genius — a polymath who grew up in exile from Florence.

From Salon

After leaving the military, Burkle became a medical polymath, qualified in five different specialties he felt would be necessary: emergency medicine, pediatrics, adolescent medicine, public health and psychiatry.

From Salon