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→Prominent people who were educated at home
*[[Benoit Mandelbrot]], Harvard mathematician considered the founder of fractal geometry, received no extended formal schooling and was homeschooled by his uncle beginning at the age of 12.<ref>http://www.fractalwisdom.com/FractalWisdom/fractal.html</ref>
*[[Benoit Mandelbrot]], Harvard mathematician considered the founder of fractal geometry, received no extended formal schooling and was homeschooled by his uncle beginning at the age of 12.<ref>http://www.fractalwisdom.com/FractalWisdom/fractal.html</ref>
*[[Karl Marx]], (1818-1883), author of the ''Communist Manifesto'', homeschooled until the age of thirteen.<ref>Francis Wheen, Karl Marx: A Life, (Fourth Estate, 1999), ISBN 1-85702-637-3</ref>
*[[Yehudi Menuhin]] (1916-1999), noted violinist, was in school a grand total of only one day at age 6.{{fact}}
*[[Yehudi Menuhin]] (1916-1999), noted violinist, was in school a grand total of only one day at age 6.{{fact}}