Talk:Polymath/Archive index

The following information below is the work of Mike Fuller.

A POLYMATH???

Alfred Austin  (   30 May, 1835  -  2 June, 1913   )

British Poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896. In addition Barrister, Critic, Editor, Journalist, Novelist, Playwright, and Prose Writer. The Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.

The British Poet Laureateship used to be for life, but New Labour changed the post to 10 years after the death of Ted Hughes ( 1930 - 1998 ).

≠≠≠≠

== A Polymath =

Jonathan Wolfe Miller  (   b.21 July, 1934   ) British Theatre and Opera Director, Author, Neurologist, Photographer, Illustrator, and Sculptor, who Trained as a Medical Doctor.

In The Beatles' Film 'Yellow Submarine'  (   1968   ), the animated character Dr. Hillary Boob is believed to be a satire of Dr. Jonathan Miller.

"The polite polymath". 'The Observer' 16 September, 2003.

≠≠≠≠

William Schwenck Gilbert ( 18 November, 1836 - 29 May, 1911 )

English Librettist, Dramatist, Poet, Cartoonist, Wit, and Unsuccessful Barrister. He is best known as the Writer of a hugely popular series of Comic Operas Written with the Composer Arthur Sullivan ( 1842 - 1900 ). The operettas were often a parody of establishments, for example The Navy in 'HMS Pinafore' ( 1878 ) and The Aesthetic Movement in 'Patience' ( 1881 ). He shared an admiration with his father for comical and satirical verse, and in his early life wrote and illustrated a book of Comical Poems called the Bab Ballads.

"Merely corroborative detail intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative." From 'The Mikado' ( 1885 ).

Gustav Mahler ( 7 July, 1860 - 18 May, 1911 )

Austrian Composer, Conductor, Businessman, and Scholar. He was perhaps the Finest Composer and Conductor of Modern Times. He was as a Scholar and Bibliophile, a hugely well read person who was Very Knowledgeable on Philosophy. He was a Very Brilliant and Ruthless Businessman and Director who was totally obsessed with perfection and went all out to achieve the finest results possible.