The Hermit Philosopher

Marjory Scott Wardrop was an English scholar, translated and published Georgian Folk Tales, The Hermit by Ilia Chavchavadze, The Life of St. Nino and The Knight in the Panther's Skin by Shota Rustaveli. She began her study of Georgia by the age of twenty and became eventually a master a total of seven languages, the others being French, German, Italian, Russian and Romanian. She not only learned to speak them but studied the literature of each as well.

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