Someone who studies flags is called a Vexillologist
Though most people would call them a nerd, I am not most people (especially since I am curious about technology myself) and so therefore I call them either scientists or engineers.
A numismatist.
You call them a Cryptozoologist
Polyglot of Linguist
Cheesiologist
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