The Romance of Antar, from which I quoted a poem, is said to have been written by a poet and philologist in the reign of Harun al Rashid.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
The comparative philologist is slow to admit this-indeed, he denies it.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
Renowned as a philologist, he insisted that the Bible must be interpreted like any other book.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler