A scholar is a person who pursues academic and intellectual activities, especially those who specialize in research. A scholar can also be an academic who works as a professor, teacher or researcher in a university or other higher education institution. An academic usually holds an advanced degree or terminal degree as a PhD. Some independent scholars such as philosophers and public intellectuals work outside the academy. They can still contribute to academic journals and attend scholarly conferences without being affiliated with any university.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (26 September 1820– 29 July 1891) is a nineteenth-century Bengali educator, social reformer and prose. His real name is Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay. He got the title Vidyasagar in his early life for his prominent scholarship in Sanskrit language and literature. Apart from Sanskrit, he had specialized mastery in Bengali and English. Ishwar …
Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883) is a German philosopher, economist, historian, social scientist, political theorist, socialist revolutionary. Marx is one of the most influential figures in all of human history. Among Marx’s most famous works are three volumes of capital And the Communist Manifesto (1848) co-authored with Friedrich Engels. Marx’s …