A gentleman scientist is a financially independent scientist who pursues scientific study as a hobby. The expression arose in post-Renaissance Europe but became less common in the 20th century as government and private funding increased.
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“A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.”
—Feodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881)
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