The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education.
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The term has its roots in the Ancient Greek words αὐτός (autós, or "self") and διδακτικός (didaktikos, meaning "teaching").
She was forced to end school to support herself at the age of eleven, but educated herself by Autodidacticism and engaged in politics.
Crane's status as a wunderkind was quickly evident; although he was entirely self-taught, at 14 he ran 89 balls in straight pool at a local pool room, calling each shot in advance, as is mandatory in straight pool.
The structure was built by Ole Anderson Aasved, a self-educated Norwegian farmer who found prosperity in the American Upper Midwest.
An autodidact like many naturalists of the time, he specialized in the study of Microlepidoptera.