is a specific kind of: humanist.

instances of which are: Frederick James Furnivall, Furnivall | Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt, Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt, Humboldt | Friedrich Max Muller, Max Muller, Muller | James Augustus Henry Murray, James Augustus Murray, James Murray, Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir James Augustus Murray, Sir James Murray | Rask, Rasmus Christian Rask | Skeat, Walter William Skeat | J.R.R. Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Tolkien | Karl Adolph Verner, Verner.

derivation: linguistics, philology.