Japan's Edo period and the European Renaissance were seperated by hundreds of years. But in spite of that, there was a cat in Edo Japan who fit the definition of "renaissance man": the scholar, inventor, and artist known as Hiraga Gennai.
When he was grown, he became a 
scholar in the field of herbalism,
Al crecer fue un gran herborista
Quando ele cresceu, tornou-se
um estudioso na área de herbalismo,