List of people known as Sage

A sage is a wise old man. The following people were known as "sage" during their lifetimes:

• Wang Xizhi, the Sage of Calligraphy^[1]
• Thomas Jefferson, the Sage of Monticello^[2]
• Thomas Carlyle, the Sage of Chelsea^[3]
• Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Sage of Concord^[4]
• H. L. Mencken, the Sage of Baltimore^[5]
• Warren Buffett, the Sage of Omaha^[6] (also known as the Wizard of Omaha^[7] and the Oracle of Omaha^[8])
• Richard Murphy, the Sage of Downham Market^[9]

Peter Hitchens referred to George Orwell as "the Sage of Wallington" in 2014.^[10]

References

1. https://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/callig/7calsixd.htm
2. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TvMaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA243&dq="sage+of+monticello"
3. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dBVbAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA8-PA39&dq="sage+of+Chelsea"
4. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dBVbAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA8-PA39&dq="sage+of+Concord"
5. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3UwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52&dq="sage+of+baltimore"
6. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/20/your-money/20iht-mbuff.t.html
7. http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/04/11/70414/index.htm
8. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-berkshire-buffett-loeb-idUSKBN0NS0DB20150507
9. http://www.timworstall.com/2014/10/03/competition-shows-that-people-dont-want-choice/
10. http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2014/03/calling-things-by-their-proper-names.html