• A polymath is a person who knows a lot about many different subjects.1
  • Literal translation from Greek : Having learned much2

Robert Root-Bernstein is a prominent researcher known for his extensive work on polymathy. He defines two other types - the specialist and the dilettante.

References

  1. Polymath: Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus ↩︎

  2. Polymath: English Wikipedia ↩︎