person of authority 意味

• 権威｛けんい｝ある人
  

例文

1. he was a person of authority in japanese history studies , who advocated positivism for the first time in japan , and the first phd in literature in japan .
   日本で最初に実証主義を提唱した日本歴史学研究の泰斗、また日本最初の文学博士。