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Enoch Powell (1912-1998)
politician, linguist, poet, military officer, classical scholar
- University of Cambridge, King Edward's School
Mori Ōgai (1862-1922)
linguist, poet, translator, physician, playwright, military personnel, literary critic
- University of Tokyo
José Martí (1853-1895)
linguist, poet, translator, military personnel, politician, essayist, journalist, painter, revolutionary
- University of Zaragoza
Edith Stein (1891-1942)
translator, philosopher, resistance fighter, linguist, nun, autobiographer
- University of Göttingen, University of Freiburg
Al-Jahiz (0775-0868)
philologist, poet, biologist, zoologist, historian
Julian Tuwim (1894-1953)
linguist, poet, Esperantist, translator, journalist, theatrical director
- University of Warsaw
Vladimir Propp (1895-1970)
anthropologist, linguist, literary critic, literary historian, philologist, folklorist
- Saint Petersburg State University, Annenschule
Samuel Rolles Driver (1846-1914)
theologian, philologist, Hebraist, biblical scholar, Anglican priest
- Winchester College, University of Oxford