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Benjamin Kidd (1858–1916), British sociologist, was not given a formal education. [1] As a working adult, he attended some evening classes and he read incessantly. [2] Kidd gained worldwide fame by the publication of Social Evolution in 1894. [1] Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine writer, essayist, and poet. Winner of the Jerusalem Prize.
There was a vogue among middle- and upper-class readers, particularly later in the eighteenth-century and throughout the Romantic era, for writers with an "interesting story of genius-in-rags," [1] for "the Unschooled Sons" — and daughters — "of Genius."
Generally, autodidacts are individuals who choose the subject they will study, their studying material, and the studying rhythm and time. Autodidacts may or may not have formal education, and their study may be either a complement or an alternative to formal education. Many notable contributions have been made by autodidacts.
A linguist in the academic sense is a person who studies natural language (an academic discipline known as linguistics).Ambiguously, the word is sometimes also used to refer to a polyglot (one who knows several languages), a translator/interpreter (especially in the military), or a grammarian (a scholar of grammar), but these uses of the word are distinct (and one does not have to be ...
This is a list of English-language poets, who have written much of their poetry in English. [1] Main country of residence as a poet (not place of birth): A = Australia, Ag = Antigua, B = Barbados, Bo = Bosnia, C = Canada, Ch = Chile, Cu = Cuba, D = Dominica, De = Denmark, E = England, F = France, G = Germany, Ga = Gambia, Gd = Grenada, Gh = Ghana/Gold Coast, Gr = Greece, Gu = Guyana/British ...
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1804, 16 September On Being Reminded that She was a Month Old that Day, September 16 Former title: Bore the title of: "Address to my Infant Daughter, on being reminded that she was a Month old, on that Day." from 1815–1845. Upon her death in 1847, her name was added to the title. "Hast thou then survived-" Poems of the Fancy: 1815
Spanish intellectual and writer [16] Eric Bentley: 1916–2020: 103: American playwright and theatre critic [17] Edward Bernays: 1891–1995: 103: Austrian-born American publicist [18] Harry Bernstein: 1910–2011: 101: English-American author [19] Colm de Bhailís: 1796–1906: 109: Irish poet, songwriter and stonemason [20] H.J. Blackham ...