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*[[Daniel Webster]] (1782-1852), prominent U.S. Senator and Secretary of State, recognized as one of the greatest orators in history.  As the author of the first American dictionary, he is considered the father of the English language in America.  He attended district schools, then attended [[Phillips-Exeter]] for only a few months before being pulled out to be tutored by the Rev. Samuel Wood before attending [[Dartmouth]].<ref>Biographical Directory of the United States Congress:  Daniel Webster[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000238]</ref><ref>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dwebster/1801/</ref>
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*[[Daniel Webster]] (1782-1852), prominent U.S. Senator and Secretary of State, recognized as one of the greatest orators in history.  As the author of the first American dictionary, he is considered the father of the English language in America.  At the age of 12, he was enrolled in [[Phillips-Exeter]] for only a few months before being pulled out to be tutored by the Rev. Samuel Wood for several years.  Years later he matriculated to [[Dartmouth]] for college.<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/445/000024373/</ref><ref>Biographical Directory of the United States Congress:  Daniel Webster[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000238]</ref><ref>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dwebster/1801/</ref>
    
*[[The Wright Brothers|Orville and Wilbur Wright]], inventors of the airplane.  They did attend some school, but also learned at home from their father, who was a conservative minister, and their mother, who was the top mathematician in her college class.<ref>http://www.first-to-fly.com/History/Just%20the%20Facts/family.htm</ref>  Neither Wright Brother earned a high school diploma, let alone college, and Orville Wright left high school after his junior year.<ref>http://www.first-to-fly.com/History/Just%20the%20Facts/trivia.htm</ref>
 
*[[The Wright Brothers|Orville and Wilbur Wright]], inventors of the airplane.  They did attend some school, but also learned at home from their father, who was a conservative minister, and their mother, who was the top mathematician in her college class.<ref>http://www.first-to-fly.com/History/Just%20the%20Facts/family.htm</ref>  Neither Wright Brother earned a high school diploma, let alone college, and Orville Wright left high school after his junior year.<ref>http://www.first-to-fly.com/History/Just%20the%20Facts/trivia.htm</ref>
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