Lang was a very close student of the Holy Scriptures and an independent thinker.

Perhaps your obituary writer, a close student of publishing on both sides of the Atlantic, felt that such things go without saying.

She is a close student of Marcos.

The man who entered was tall, thin and a close student of the Tailor and Cutter.

Never a very close student of legislative mores, perhaps he is simply puzzled by the Republicans' determination to forge ahead with impeachment.

Ray remained a close student until Rinpoche's death in 1987.

Throughout his life he was a close student and investigator of American history.

Schaeffer was a close student, a fine classical scholar, and a good Hebraist.

He was elected a senator in 1879, and, in spite of failing health, continued to the last a close student of his favorite subjects.

And I say that as a close student of the city payroll.