| | *[[Robert Browning]] (1812-1889), a brilliant English poet. | | *[[Robert Browning]] (1812-1889), a brilliant English poet. |
| | *[[Thomas Edison]] (1804–1896), the most prolific inventor in world history and the holder of 1093 patents.<ref>http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm</ref> | | *[[Thomas Edison]] (1804–1896), the most prolific inventor in world history and the holder of 1093 patents.<ref>http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm</ref> |
| | + | *[[Abraham Lincoln]] (1809-1865), American president. "Though his [formal] education was limited to a few months in a 1-teacher school, Lincoln avidly read books such as the Bible, ''Pilgrim's Progress'' and Weemss ''Life of Washington''."<ref>http://www.civilwarhome.com/lincolnbio.htm</ref> |
| | *[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (1882-1945), U.S. President. Was educated by private tutors at home through age 14, then entered Groton, an elite private school in Massachusetts, in 1896. <ref>The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers. "Franklin D. Roosevelt." Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt, ed. by Allida Black, June Hopkins, et. al. (Hyde Park, New York: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, 2003). | | *[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (1882-1945), U.S. President. Was educated by private tutors at home through age 14, then entered Groton, an elite private school in Massachusetts, in 1896. <ref>The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers. "Franklin D. Roosevelt." Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt, ed. by Allida Black, June Hopkins, et. al. (Hyde Park, New York: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, 2003). |