DiFranco was one of the first independent artists to own her own label, which has allowed her a considerable degree of creative freedom over the years, including, for example, providing all instrumentals and vocals and recording the album herself at her home on an analog 8-track reel to reel, and handling much of the artwork and packaging design for her 2004 album Educated Guess.

Educated at Narkover, a school specializing in card-playing, horse-racing and bribery.

Educated as a lawyer, and holding lucrative positions as secretary and counsellor, he seemed, indeed, at one time to have settled down to the practice of law, but following an unexpected summons to Venice, after an absence of several years, he changed his career, and thenceforth he devoted himself to writing plays and managing theatres.

Educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School, he was apprenticed in 1779 to Sir Charles Blicke ( 1745 – 1815 ), a surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.

Educated first at home, then spending four years of secondary school in Bienne, he completed his elementary studies in Lausanne.

Educated at the Roman College run by the Jesuits in Rome, he went to the University of Bologna to get degrees in canon and Roman law, June 1575.

Educated first by the celebrated school of St. Maarten in Groningen, he matriculated at the universities of Erfurt ( BA in 1458 ) and Louvain ( MA in 1465 ), where he won renown for the purity of his Latin and his skill in disputation.

Educated at Rugby and the University of Edinburgh, in 1754 he was sent to Leipzig University to study civil law, with a view to his proceeding to a career as an advocate.

Educated at Parramatta High School, Benaud made his first grade debut for Cumberland at age 16, primarily as a batsman.

Educated in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Jardine obtained a diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1802.

Educated in Latin and Aristotelian physics at the University of Oxford, Wren was a notable astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist, as well as an architect.

Educated first at a Brighton preparatory school and then, from the age of thirteen, as a dayboy at the prestigious Tonbridge School, his academic abilities were noted from an early age.

Educated from 1903 at St Joseph's Christian Brothers School in Fairview, North Dublin, he moved to the O ' Connell School in north Dublin for senior classes, and then attended University College Dublin and graduated with a degree in modern languages and law.

Educated privately, she studied painting in France at the Académie Julian, one of the few establishments that accepted female students.

Educated at Heidelberg and Berlin, he was from 1812 to 1827 a schoolmaster in Berlin, and in 1827 became professor of Latin literature at the University of Berlin.

Educated in Freiburg im Breisgau and at the Kaiser Wilhelm Academy in Berlin, he obtained his doctorate in 1907 at Freiburg.

Educated in Trinity College Dublin and a member of the University Philosophical Society John Butler Yeats began his career as a lawyer and devilled briefly with Isaac Butt before he took up painting in 1867 and studied at Heatherley's Art School.

Educated at Leeds Grammar School, he went on to study English Literature at the University of Leeds.

Educated as a sociologist, he was a Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Universidade de São Paulo.

Educated at St. George's School in Middletown, Rhode Island and the Evans School in Mesa, Arizona, he attended Princeton University but dropped out during his first year.

Educated at Sunningdale School and Eton College, Prince Michael entered the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, in January 1961, where he was commissioned into the 11th Hussars ( Prince Albert's Own ), in 1963.

Educated in Cadet Corps and Pavlovsky Military School, Kuropatkin entered the army in 1864.

Educated at University College School in Hampstead, he joined the Royal Fusiliers before attending Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and on graduation was commissioned in the Royal Tank Regiment in 1956.

Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Life Guards in 1910.

Educated at the Central Military Preparatory School and the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, he received a commission as a second lieutenant in the IJA 39th Infantry Regiment in 1899.

Educated in Aberdeen, Scotland and at Oxford Military College, at the age of 18 he joined the British Civil Service in the Colonial Office.

Educated at Horner Military Academy in Oxford and at Davidson College, he went on to attend classes at the Art Students League in New York.

Educated at Virginia Military Institute, Mahone helped build Virginia's roads and railroads in the antebellum period.

Educated at Haileybury and the Royal Military College Sandhurst, Mansel-Jones was commissioned in The West Yorkshire Regiment ( The Prince of Wales's Own ) on 8 October 1890.

Educated at Blundell's School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Gracey was commissioned into the Indian Army from the unattached list in 1915. and saw World War I service in France.

Educated at Maidstone Grammar School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Middleton was commissioned into the 58th Regiment of Foot in 1842.

Educated at Eton College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Legge-Bourke was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards in 1934.

Educated at Uppingham School, an English public school, he entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1913.

Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Portlock entered the Royal Engineers in 1813.

Educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton, and afterwards at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he obtained his first commission as second lieutenant of engineers in 1845, passing out of the academy at the head of his term.

Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Pollock was commissioned into the Bengal Artillery in 1803.

Educated at Harvard, Harris co-directed the short The Redwoods for the Sierra Club with Trevor Greenwood ; the short won the 1967 Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject.

Educated at West Nottingham Academy, he spent several years in the work force, first as a store clerk, then as a public school teacher.

Educated at Bearsden Primary School and the Glasgow Academy, he went on to study English Literature and Philosophy at Edinburgh University.

Educated at Lenzie Academy, he left the school at the age of 15 " under a bit of a cloud " without any qualifications or school prizes .< ref >

Educated at Fortrose Academy, Fortrose, The Black Isle, Highland, and at the University of Aberdeen, he was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1983 following the ennoblement of William Whitelaw.

Educated Marion Academy, Cruce attended Vanderbilt University, where he received a law degree.

Educated at St. Mary's ( now Hill House School, Doncaster ), Ackworth School ( an independent boarding school ) and Danum Grammar School for Girls ( now called Danum Academy ) on Danum Road and then reading for a BA in History at the University of Hull in 1979, Winterton first worked as John Prescott's Constituency Personal Assistant from 1980 until 1986, and then Parliamentary Officers, first for Southwark Council for two years until 1988 and then for a further two for the Royal College of Nursing until 1990.

He was head animator on two Academy Award nominated shorts, Educated Fish ( 1937 ) and Hunky and Spunky ( 1939 ).

Educated at Xenia Academy and Oxford College in Ohio, he taught school briefly in Louisiana and Mississippi in the 1830s before returning to St. Louis to serve as deputy for his uncle, Sheriff Marshall Brotherton.

Educated at the former Hamilton Academy, Brown played for the school in Scottish schools competitions and in youth and junior international teams, before joining Rangers in 1958 from Coltness United, aged just 19.

Educated at Danville Academy and the University of North Carolina, Tunstall was admitted to the bar in 1832.

Educated at Edinburgh Academy and University and Trinity College, Cambridge, he graduated BA in 1873, having gained a first class in the Moral Science tripos.

Educated at Edgbaston, Birmingham, he had also carried out some early stage training at Italia Conti Academy in London and had some child roles before completing his education at Malvern College.

Educated at the Florida Baptist Academy in Jacksonville, he studied violin with Sidney Woodward.

While they are sometimes considered by film historians to be pale Silly Symphonies knock-offs, many of the Color Classics are still highly regarded today, including Somewhere in Dreamland ( 1936 ), the Academy Award nominated shorts, Educated Fish ( 1937 ) and Hunky and Spunky ( 1938, first in a subseries ), and Small Fry ( 1939 ).

Educated at Bathgate Academy, his first employment was in Manchester as a clerk with the Manchester and Liverpool Bank.

Educated in the public schools of New York City, Sturgis was graduated from the Free Academy in New York ( now the College of the City of New York ) in 1856, and later studied architecture under Leopold Eidlitz.