#humanist a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
supertype: #scholarly_person__scholarlyperson__scholar__student a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
subtype: #classical_scholar__classicalscholar__classicist a student of ancient Greek and Latin
subtype: #Latinist a specialist in the Latin language
instance: #Benjamin_Jowett__Jowett #Gilbert_Murray__Murray__George_Gilbert_Aime_Murphy #Friedrich_August_Wolf__Wolf
subtype: #man_of_letters a man devoted to literary or scholarly activities
subtype: #philologist__philologue a humanist specializing in classical scholarship
instance: #Baron_Karl_Wilhelm_von_Humboldt__Humboldt__Baron_Wilhelm_von_Humboldt #Friedrich_Max_Muller__Muller__Max_Muller #Sir_James_Augustus_Henry_Murray__Murray__James_Murray__James_Augustus_Murray__James_Augustus_Henry_Murray__Sir_James_Murray__Sir_James_Augustus_Murray #Rasmus_Christian_Rask__Rask #Walter_William_Skeat__Skeat #John_Ronald_Reuel_Tolkien__Tolkien__J._R._R._Tolkien #Karl_Adolph_Verner__Verner
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