Benicio del Toney Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Also known as autodidacticism. Was reading about Georg Philipp Telemann earlier and he was an almost completely self taught multi-instrumentalist and composer. Led me to a wiki of other well known autodidacts, some surprising. Leonardo Da Vinci - Apart from art was entirely self taught in science, maths etc... Claudio Arrau - Pianist who received musical training but taught himself English, German, French and Italian. Christopher Hughes from Eggheads and winner of Mastermind - Left school at 15 to work on the trains his whole career. Michael Faraday - Taught himself Chemistry and Physics. Karl Marx - Self taught in Economics. Frederick Douglass - Famous abolitionist and writer, born into slavery but after being shown the alphabet, taught himself to read and by his early teens was teaching other slaves. 1 of his renowned quotes "knowledge is the pathway from slavery to freedom". Malcolm X - Self taught in a variety of subjects ranging from Genetics to Sociology whilst in jail. Abraham Lincoln - Gained admission to the bar in 1836 after teaching himself law and was completely self taught in politics. Adolf Hitler - Used libraries in Vienna to educate himself. Heston Blumenthal - Michelin starred chef who apart from a few weeks work experience, is entirely self taught. The Wright Brothers - Credited as inventing the 1st successful airplane, both school droputs, they acquired their skills through designing and building printing presses and bicycles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Planet Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Self taught Jazz/Gospel pianist gang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Edgar Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 You also forgot Pierre de Fermat who was a lawyer but self taught in mathematics. He's best know for his last theorem which he claimed to have solve a number theory but didn't have enough space on the paper to write it all out. It took 350 years later to be solve by a British mathematician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinestro Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 self taught programmer. and i dont think its even hard 2 teach urself sumthin especially a language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imhim Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest phonecharger Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 self taught hasslah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gayle Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Self taught MCP and ITIL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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