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5 unusual facts about Autodidacticism


Autodidacticism

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The term has its roots in the Ancient Greek words αὐτός (autós, or "self") and διδακτικός (didaktikos, meaning "teaching").

Gertrud Månsson

She was forced to end school to support herself at the age of eleven, but educated herself by Autodidacticism and engaged in politics.

Irving Crane

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.

Ole Carlson House

The structure was built by Ole Anderson Aasved, a self-educated Norwegian farmer who found prosperity in the American Upper Midwest.


François-Xavier Bélanger

An autodidact like many naturalists of the time, he specialized in the study of Microlepidoptera.


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