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In regards to people who arguably were homeschooled, lists abound of famous achievers who were taught at home, some more accurate than others.<ref>http://www.eadshome.com/Famoushomeschooled.htm</ref><ref>http://www.education-reform.net/dropouts.htm</ref>.  The following people have been found on such lists. Their educational background has not yet been researched by Conservapedia editors.  ['''Note: everyone is invited to find citations for these listed below and with the citations move them up to the category above.''']
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Lists abound of famous achievers who were [[homeschool|taught at home]], some more accurate than others.<ref>http://www.eadshome.com/Famoushomeschooled.htm</ref><ref>http://www.education-reform.net/dropouts.htm</ref> Conservapedia believes that the people in the following list were arguably homeschooled, though their educational background has not yet been thoroughly researched by our editors.   
  
 
*'''Military'''
 
*'''Military'''
 
**[[Stonewall Jackson]]
 
**[[Stonewall Jackson]]
**[[Douglas MacArthur]]
 
 
 
* '''Inventors and Scientists'''
 
* '''Inventors and Scientists'''
**[[Alexander Graham Bell]] (1847-1922), inventor of the telephone.
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**[[Alexander Graham Bell]] (1847-1922), one of two independent inventors of the [[telephone]].
 
**[[Pierre Curie]]  
 
**[[Pierre Curie]]  
 
**[[Cyrus McCormick]]
 
**[[Cyrus McCormick]]
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**[[George Wyeth]]
 
**[[George Wyeth]]
 
**[[Patrick Henry]]
 
**[[Patrick Henry]]
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**[[William Paca]]
 
**[[William Penn]]
 
**[[William Penn]]
 
**[[Henry Clay]]
 
**[[Henry Clay]]
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**[[John Marshall]]
 
**[[John Marshall]]
 
**[[John Rutledge]]
 
**[[John Rutledge]]
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**[[Abraham Lincoln]]
  
 
*'''Religious Figures'''
 
*'''Religious Figures'''
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**[[Brigham Young]]
 
**[[Brigham Young]]
  
*'''Writers'''
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*'''Writers and thinkers'''
 
**[[Hans Christian Andersen]]
 
**[[Hans Christian Andersen]]
 
**[[Robert Browning]] (1812-1889), a brilliant English poet.  
 
**[[Robert Browning]] (1812-1889), a brilliant English poet.  
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**[[C. S. Lewis]]
 
**[[C. S. Lewis]]
 
**[[Sean O’Casey]]
 
**[[Sean O’Casey]]
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**[[Beatrix Potter]] - Victorian illustrator and writer of children's stories still loved today.<ref>[http://www.peterrabbit.com/potters-world-life.asp Beatrix Potter's life]</ref>
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**[[Herbert Spencer]]
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**[[Jonathan Krohn]]
  
 
*'''Artists and Social Figures'''
 
*'''Artists and Social Figures'''
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**[[Florence Nightingale]]
 
**[[Florence Nightingale]]
 
**[[Leo Tolstoy]]
 
**[[Leo Tolstoy]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Homeschooling]]
 
[[Category:Homeschooling]]
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[[Category:People who were Educated at Home]]

Latest revision as of 23:41, June 27, 2016

Lists abound of famous achievers who were taught at home, some more accurate than others.[1][2] Conservapedia believes that the people in the following list were arguably homeschooled, though their educational background has not yet been thoroughly researched by our editors.

References

  1. http://www.eadshome.com/Famoushomeschooled.htm
  2. http://www.education-reform.net/dropouts.htm
  3. Beatrix Potter's life