philologist

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Its chief editor, according to her LinkedIn page, is Ukraine-based philologist Ksenia Badziun, who says she graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 6, 2022

One of the central researchers in the early years of Antikythera research was German philologist Albert Rehm, the first person to understand the mechanism as a calculating machine.

From Scientific American • Dec. 14, 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

His books and essays frequently resurrect fascinating if half-forgotten polymaths, such as astrologer-mathematician Girolamo Cardano, Renaissance architect Leon Battista Alberti, philologist Joseph Scaliger and groundbreaking philosopher of history Giambattista Vico.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2020

Syme was a philologist, a specialist in Newspeak.

From "1984" by George Orwell