Conant was the foremost Hebrew scholar of his time in America.

Bradford was first and foremost a literary scholar and a student of rhetoric.

He was one of the foremost scholars on the ancient Near East.

He is considered one of the foremost legal scholars in that area of securities law.

He has been described as Britain's foremost scholar of criminal law.

He was an enthusiastic student and one of the foremost Semitic scholars of his times.

He has been called "the foremost Western scholar of the Prajnaparamita literature."

There he distinguished himself among some of the foremost military scholars in the nation.

At present, Kagan is considered among the foremost scholars of Greek history.

Dauer was one of the foremost scholars of Florida politics.