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protoscientist
protoscientist n.
Brit. 
/ˈprəʊtə(ʊ)ˌsʌɪəntɪst/
, /ˈprəʊtə(ʊ)ˌsʌɪəntɪst/U.S. /ˈproʊdoʊˌsaɪəntəst/
an early scientist; a person whose work is seen as anticipating the development of modern science./ˈproʊdoʊˌsaɪəntəst/ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [noun] > scientist > earliest
protoscientist1956
1956 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 76 67/1 The Taoist proto-scientists of Later Han were required to invoke the empyreal and chthonian gods.
1978 Sci. Amer. Jan. 69/1 Overshadowed by scholasticism, the work of the protoscientists was ignored or treated as heresy, and its proponents endured ridicule and some persecution.
2001 Phoenix 55 182 Ready to hand as models were the professional teachers of rhetoric, the sophists, and followers of those whom we call the Pre-Socratic philosophers (although they are really better viewed as proto-scientists).
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