One of the things to come out in the obituaries for Malcolm McLaren was that he was home schooled to the age of 10 by his grandmother. That set me thinking about famous home schooled people. There is a little room for argument over what home schooled means but I think the following lists are interesting adn hopefully accurate.
1. Ten famous Christians
John Owen
Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry
Jonathan Edwards
John (and Charles) Wesley
John Newton
John Witherspoon
John Newton
John Witherspoon
William Carey
Dwight L Moody
Hudson Taylor
Dwight L Moody
Hudson Taylor
C S Lewis
2. Ten Authors
Hans Christian Anderson
William Blake
Robert Browning
Pearl S Buck
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
Charles Dickens
Sean O'Casey
George Bernard Shaw
Mark Twain
Phyllis Wheatley
Phyllis Wheatley
3. Ten composers and artists
J S Bach
Anton Bruckner
Felix Mendelssohn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Francis Poulenc
Felix Mendelssohn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Francis Poulenc
William Blake
John Singleton Copley
Evelyn de Morgan
Claude Monet
Andrew (and Jamie) Wyeth
Evelyn de Morgan
Claude Monet
Andrew (and Jamie) Wyeth
1 comment:
The pianist Joanna MacGregor was home schooled. Seventh Day Adventist parents I think.
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