man of letters
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It was Smith, the man of letters, who is remembered for the phrase “invisible hand.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
He was Scotland's last freelance man of letters, equally and happily at home between the covers of books and the pages of newspapers, able to turn his hand, it seemed, to any commission.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Mallon, a distinguished man of letters, moved to Manhattan at 32, holding a PhD from Harvard and a dissertation that became his acclaimed 1984 book, “A Book of One’s Own.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2025
Lives Lived: Paul Johnson, a prolific journalist, biographer and historian prized by conservatives, fashioned himself a man of letters in the great British tradition.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
But Prescott, with no credentials save his reputation as a man of letters and his own charming personality, enjoyed a welcome of boundless cordiality.
From William Hickling Prescott by Harry Thurston Peck
