                                           A POLYMATH???

Alfred Austin ( 30 May, 1835 - 2 June, 1913 ) British Poet and British Poet Laureate. In addition Barrister, Critic, Editor, Journalist, Novelist, Playwright, and Prose Writer. The Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.

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= 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.

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Gustav Mahler

       William Schwenck Gilbert ( 18 / 11 / 1836 - 29 / 5 / 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 an 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 / 7 / 1860 - 18 / 5 / 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.