philologist

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Her father, she recounted, had entered the United States in 1910 as an undocumented immigrant, studied at Harvard University and became a philologist and linguist.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2022

In 1883 the renowned German Indologist and philologist, Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch copied and translated the inscription into English, dating the text to the year C.E.

From Scientific American • Jul. 28, 2022

“I’m delighted, but I’m obviously biased,” says philologist Patrick Sims-Williams at Aberystwyth University, who backs this idea.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 22, 2021

Coined by philologist Walter William Skeat in 1886, ghost words are often the result of misreadings and typographical errors.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2021

He was a philologist, looking at how language evolves over time.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman