renaissance man
Noun
Meaning
a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests
a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics
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I feel, sometimes, as the renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn.
I was determined to make Renaissance Man Food Services and Herschel's Famous 34 major players in a very tough industry.
Our culture has kind of let the concept of the Renaissance Man die out. We don't really tell the kids that it's okay to bounce around the world, work odd jobs, and do six different things.
The term 'renaissance man' is always bandied about. I don't think that applies to me. You think about Leonardo da Vinci, and he was a painter and a physicist and an architect, and that is a true renaissance man.
a statistician has to be something of a generalist
A true Renaissance man, Neville is an entertainment industry attorney, unafraid of taking on studios and unions alike, a bestselling author, and a musician/recording artist who has been writing poetry for over two decades.