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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“As a general rule, do not kick the shins of the opposite gentleman under the table, if personally unaquainted with him; your pleasantry is liable to be misunderstood—a circumstance at all times unpleasant.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
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