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From your site, Max:

He was learnt, travelled around Europe and was a close friend of the Earl of Southampton to whom the Shakespeare sonnets are believed to be dedicated.

I would have said "He was learned", meaning having mastered abstruse academic knowledge. Is "He was learnt" standard in NZ?



I don't know about "standard". I guess a lot depends on how well the writer was teacht.

noho ora mai
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