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* [[Alexander Pope]] (1688-1744), one of the greatest and most-often quoted [[English]] poets and essayists.  "From Twyford School he was expelled after writing a satire on one of the teachers. At home, Pope's aunt taught him to read. Latin and Greek he learned from a local priest and later he acquired knowledge of French and Italian poetry."<ref>http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/apope.htm</ref>
 
* [[Alexander Pope]] (1688-1744), one of the greatest and most-often quoted [[English]] poets and essayists.  "From Twyford School he was expelled after writing a satire on one of the teachers. At home, Pope's aunt taught him to read. Latin and Greek he learned from a local priest and later he acquired knowledge of French and Italian poetry."<ref>http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/apope.htm</ref>
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*Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951), designer of the [[German]] Porsche automobile.  He was homeschooled and self-taught during his formative years, which is ironic given that homeschooling is illegal in [[Germany]] today.<ref>http://famousbrandnames.blogspot.com/2007/02/porsche.html</ref>
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*Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951), designer of the [[German]] Porsche automobile.  He was homeschooled and self-taught during his formative years,<ref>http://famousbrandnames.blogspot.com/2007/02/porsche.html</ref> which is ironic given that homeschooling is illegal in [[Germany]] today.
    
*[[Joseph Priestley]] (1733-1804), the father of modern chemistry and the discoverer of oxygen, dropped out of school as a teenager and privately learned  geometry, algebra and numerous languages.{{fact}}
 
*[[Joseph Priestley]] (1733-1804), the father of modern chemistry and the discoverer of oxygen, dropped out of school as a teenager and privately learned  geometry, algebra and numerous languages.{{fact}}
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