Learned type (7)
'learned type' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for scholar that I've seen before include "Academic; pupil" , "university type?" , "Learned (or learning) one" , "Subject of poem by 1 across" , "Person of learning" .)
(Other definitions for savant that I've seen before include "Scholarly person" , "A learned person, from French" , "authority" , "Wise man" , "One of great learning" .)