types:
Arabist
a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture
bibliographer
someone trained to prepare a list of writings showing when and where they were published (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document)
Dr.,
doctor
a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution
goliard
a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs
humanist
a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
Islamist
a scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies
licentiate
holds a license (degree) from a (European) university
Masorete,
Masorite,
Massorete
a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah)
master
someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution
mujtihad
an Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts
post doc,
postdoc
a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree
reader
a person who enjoys reading
Renaissance man
a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics
Renaissance man,
generalist
a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests
scholiast
a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)
Sinologist
a student of Chinese history and language and culture
Vedist
a scholar of or an authority on the Vedas
nativist
a philosopher who subscribes to nativism
bookworm
someone who spends a great deal of time reading
chronicler
someone who records past events in the order that they occurred
Church Father,
Father,
Father of the Church
(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
Cynic
a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control
Doctor,
Doctor of the Church
(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching
empiricist
a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism
futurist
a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future
glossarist
a scholiast who writes glosses or glossaries
gymnosophist
member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism)
Ivy Leaguer
a student or graduate at an Ivy League school
libertarian
someone who believes the doctrine of free will
mechanist
a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism
moralist
a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems
naturalist
an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms
necessitarian
someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will
nominalist
a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism
old boy
a former male pupil of a school
pluralist
a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature
presentist
a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) are being fulfilled at the present time
preterist
a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled
purist
someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)
objectivist,
realist
a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them
Sophist
any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects
Stoic
a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno
yogi
one who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight
Karl Popper,
Popper,
Sir Karl Raimund Popper
British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994)