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A scientist is a practitioner of [[science]].  
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A scientist is someone who practices science, and profits from it.
    
The invention of the word ''scientist'' is often credited to [[William Whewell]] (1794-1866), who was himself a scientist as well as a moral philosopher and Anglican priest. In 1858, he wrote:
 
The invention of the word ''scientist'' is often credited to [[William Whewell]] (1794-1866), who was himself a scientist as well as a moral philosopher and Anglican priest. In 1858, he wrote:
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