Biography of the World's Greatest Linguists Sir Thomas Urquhart

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THE WORLD'S GREATEST LINGUISTS

SIR THOMAS URQUHART (1611-1660)

The famous English translator of Rabelais was a polyglot who invented a universal language in which every word could be read backward or forward. He died, incidentally, in a fit of joyous laughter on learning that King Charles II of England had been restored to the throne.


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