Harold Williams (linguist)

Harold Williams
Williams in ca 1920s
Born	(1876-04-06)6 April 1876 Auckland, New Zealand
Died	18 November 1928(1928-11-18) (aged 52) London, England
Occupation(s)	Linguist Journalist
Spouse	Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams
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Harold Whitmore Williams (6 April 1876 – 18 November 1928) was a New Zealand journalist, foreign editor of The Times and polyglot who is considered to have been one of the most accomplished polyglots in history. He is said to have known over 58 languages, naturally including his native English. He "proved to know every language of the Austrian Empire", Hungarian, Czech, Albanian, Serbian, Romanian, Swedish, Basque, Turkish, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Tagalog, Coptic, Egyptian, Hittite, Old Irish, and other dialects.^[1]