Mr. Tudor speaks rivetingly, with many joking asides, spinning parables out of his wide knowledge of world history.
There, his wide knowledge of biology, chemistry and physics was especially helpful in providing robust scientific analyses during his tenure as president of Science for Peace, an organisation founded during the cold war, dedicated to the use of scientific knowledge to inform and change public policy.
He had become, like his father, an eloquent speaker, able to explain British foreign policy and institutions in uncomplicated language, and he was also in demand for addresses at Burns' nights, formal dinners and business, university and special interest clubs, where he could exhibit his wide knowledge of literature, the arts, history and folklore.
Spenser's period at the University of Cambridge was undoubtedly important for the acquisition of his wide knowledge not only of the Latin and some of the Greek classics but also of the Italian, French, and English literature of his own and earlier times.
Among Pushkin's most characteristic features were his wide knowledge of world literature, as seen in his interest in such English writers as William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Sir Walter Scott, and the Lake poets; his "universal sensibility"; and his ability to re-create the spirit of different races at different historical epochs without ever losing his own individuality.
In a voyage to Calcutta, which all but ended in shipwreck, he employed his wide knowledge of Eastern affairs and his powers of persuasion to convince Lord Hastings, then governor-general of India, that immediate and forceful action was essential to safeguard British trade with the Far East.
His genius for analysis sometimes led him into long and tortuous arguments, yet he compensated for these shortcomings by his very wide knowledge, which incorporated most disciplines even the sciences into his religious writings.
With his Old World gentility and wide knowledge of his field, Mr. Vincent was a quietly effective representative for his artists.
He has a restless, loose-limbed energy; in a dark suit, carelessly worn, with his caustic asides and wide knowledge, he seems more like a professor than like a career soldier, or a top police official.
His integrity, versatility and wide knowledge were unquestioned, and he was proud of the democratic legislation he had sponsored".
He was renowned for his discerning eye as well as his wide-ranging knowledge.
