A scholar is a person who pursues academic and intellectual activities, particularly academics who apply their intellectualism into expertise in an area of study.A scholar can also be an academic, who works as a professor, teacher, or researcher at a university.An academic usually holds an advanced degree or a terminal degree, such as a master's degree or a doctorate ().

Nazir Ahmed (1915-2008) was an Indian scholar, writer, and teacher of the Persian language.He was honoured by the Indian Government in 1987 with the Padma Shri.He received this award for his contributions to the propagation of Persian Language and literature.

A King's Scholar is a foundation scholar (elected on the basis of good academic performance and usually qualifying for reduced fees) of one of certain public schools.These include Eton College; The King's School, Canterbury; The King's School, Worcester; Durham School; and Westminster School, although at Westminster their name changes depending on whether the current …

Quiz bowl (quizbowl, scholars' bowl, scholastic bowl, academic bowl, academic team, etc.) is a quiz-based competition that tests players on a wide variety of academic subjects.Standardized quiz bowl formats are played by lower school, middle school, high school, and university students throughout North America, Asia, Europe, Australia, and Africa.. Quiz bowl competitions are …

Liang Qichao (Chinese: 梁啓超 February 23, 1873 – January 19, 1929) was a Chinese politician, social and political activist, journalist, and intellectual. His thought had a significant influence on the political reformation of modern China. He inspired Chinese scholars and activists with his writings and reform movements. His translations of Western and Japanese books into Chinese …

John Dominic Crossan (born 17 February 1934) is an Irish-American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, former Catholic priest who was a prominent member of the Jesus Seminar, and emeritus professor at DePaul University.His research has focused on the historical Jesus, on the cultural anthropology of the Ancient Mediterranean and New Testament worlds …

Photios I (Greek: Φώτιος, Phōtios; c. 810/820 – 6 February 893), also spelled Photius (/ ˈ f oʊ ʃ ə s /), was the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886. He is recognized in the Eastern Orthodox Church as Saint Photios the Great.. Photios is widely regarded as the most powerful and influential church leader of Constantinople subsequent to John ...

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) is a national non-profit academic honor society for college students in the United States.NSCS has active chapters at over 300 colleges and universities in the United States, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

The National Merit Scholarship Program is a United States academic scholarship competition for recognition and university scholarships administered by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), a privately funded, not-for-profit organization based in Evanston, Illinois. The program began in 1955. NMSC conducts an annual competition for recognition and …

This is a list of the Byzantine emperors from the foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD, which marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, to its fall to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized as legitimate rulers and exercised sovereign authority are included, to the exclusion of junior co-emperors (symbasileis) who never attained …