renaissance man

Noun
  1. a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics
  2. a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests
    • a statistician has to be something of a generalist

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renaissance man
A true renaissance man might study astronomy, paint a portrait, and discuss philosophy in the same afternoon.