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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.
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.
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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."
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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 ...
Elon Musk was educated at Penn (in physics and economics). Both of these figures have formal educations in the fields of their notability and therefore are not autodidacts. I have removed them accordingly.69.255.227.75 21:36, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
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