Uhura is a translator and communications officer who specializes in linguistics, cryptography, and philology. This research played an important role in the development of Western philology, or historical linguistics. He had a good grounding in grammar, lexicography and philology. Further related fields include philology, communication, and semiotics. Von Wowern lists erudition, literature, philology, philomathy and polyhistory as synonyms. He wrote works on philosophy, politics, law, ethics, theology, history, and philology. The institutes at that time were Mathematics, Philology, and Botany. Czechs established themselves mainly in Biology, Chemistry, Philology and Egyptology. He became a lecturer in Comparative Semitic Philology in Manchester in 1954. He tried to develop a translation joining philology, botany and medicine. He earned degrees in philosophy, logic, divinity, philology, and music. Another branch of philology, cognitive philology, studies written and oral texts. Rust was born in Hannover, and obtained a doctorate in German philology and philosophy. This caused fatal effects on terminology in general and especially in (ancient) Semitic philology. Wilamowitz is one of the central figures of 19th and 20th century Classical philology.