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| | * [[Christopher Paolini]] (1983-), the author of the best-selling Inheritance Trilogy (Eragon, Eldest, and a third book yet unreleased). He was home-schooled by his parents, through an accredited correspondence course from the American School in Chicago, Illinois, from which he graduated with his high school diploma at 15 years of age. <ref>Book Browse Author Biography: Christopher Paolini[http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=934]</ref> | | * [[Christopher Paolini]] (1983-), the author of the best-selling Inheritance Trilogy (Eragon, Eldest, and a third book yet unreleased). He was home-schooled by his parents, through an accredited correspondence course from the American School in Chicago, Illinois, from which he graduated with his high school diploma at 15 years of age. <ref>Book Browse Author Biography: Christopher Paolini[http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=934]</ref> |
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| − | *[[Bernhard Riemann]] (1826-1866), a German mathematician recognized to be one of the finest of all time. "His earliest education was given to him by his father. His first public schooling was received when he was 14."<ref>http://www.andrews.edu/~calkins/math/biograph/199899/bioriema.htm</ref> | + | *[[Bernhard Riemann]] (1826-1866), a German mathematician recognized to be one of the finest of all time. "His earliest education was given to him by his [minister] father. His first public schooling was received when he was 14."<ref>http://www.andrews.edu/~calkins/math/biograph/199899/bioriema.htm</ref> |
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| | *[[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). |
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| | *[[Mark Twain]] (real name was Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), American author and satirist who said, "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." Attended school through the 5th grade, where he "excelled only in spelling" and was frequently truant, then worked as a printer's apprentice for a local newspaper. His mother said, "He was always a great boy for history, and could never get tired of that kind of reading; but he hadn't any use for schoolhouses and text books." <ref>The Mark Twain House and Museum: Biography of Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain [http://www.marktwainhouse.org/theman/bio.shtml]</ref><ref>The Project Gutenberg EBook of Mark Twain, by Archibald Henderson | | *[[Mark Twain]] (real name was Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), American author and satirist who said, "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." Attended school through the 5th grade, where he "excelled only in spelling" and was frequently truant, then worked as a printer's apprentice for a local newspaper. His mother said, "He was always a great boy for history, and could never get tired of that kind of reading; but he hadn't any use for schoolhouses and text books." <ref>The Mark Twain House and Museum: Biography of Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain [http://www.marktwainhouse.org/theman/bio.shtml]</ref><ref>The Project Gutenberg EBook of Mark Twain, by Archibald Henderson |
| | [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/6/8/7/6873/6873.txt]</ref> | | [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/6/8/7/6873/6873.txt]</ref> |
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| | + | *[[Daniel Webster]] (1782-1852), prominent U.S. Senator and Secretary of State who is considered one of the greatest orators in history. He also defined American English by writing its first dictionary. He attended [[Phillips-Exeter]] for only a few months before being pulled out to be homeschooled by the Rev. Samuel Wood<ref>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dwebster/1801/</ref> |
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| | *[[Andrew Wyeth]] (1917- ), American artist, was tutored at home until he was 18. <ref>The Homeschooling of Andrew Wyeth, A Conversation with the Artist, Gifted Children Monthly, May 1986, Vol 7 No. 5.[http://www.nfgcc.org/51.htm] </ref> | | *[[Andrew Wyeth]] (1917- ), American artist, was tutored at home until he was 18. <ref>The Homeschooling of Andrew Wyeth, A Conversation with the Artist, Gifted Children Monthly, May 1986, Vol 7 No. 5.[http://www.nfgcc.org/51.htm] </ref> |
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| | **[[Sean O’Casey]] | | **[[Sean O’Casey]] |
| | **[[George Bernard Shaw]] | | **[[George Bernard Shaw]] |
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| | *'''Artists and Social Figures''' | | *'''Artists and Social Figures''' |