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Harold Williams

New Zealand linguist

Died when: 52 years 226 days (631 months)
Star Sign: Aries

 

Harold Williams

Harold Whitmore Williams (6 April 1876 – 18 November 1928) was a New Zealand journalist, foreign editor of The Times and polyglot who was considered to have been one of the most accomplished polyglots in history.

He is said to have known over 58 languages, including English.He "proved to know every language of the Austrian Empire", Hungarian, Czech, Albanian, Serbian, Romanian, Swedish, Basque, Turkish, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Tagalog, Coptic, Egyptian, Hittite, Old Irish, and other dialects.

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