Educated at the University of St Andrews, he became a Presbyterian minister, but occupied himself chiefly with political intrigue, sending secret information to the English government concerning Scottish affairs.

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 home by his father except for a few months at Braintree, he entered Harvard in 1796.

Educated privately at home and later at Miss Windsor's school in Boston, Keyes ' college ambitions were abandoned upon her engagement, a loss that she felt so acutely that, according to her autobiography " Roses in December ," she extracted a promise from her fiance that should they ever have a daughter, she would be given the opportunity to attend college.

* " Animal ", by Ani DiFranco from Educated Guess

Educated at the Catholic University of Leuven, he studied philosophy and theology with distinguished success, and was rewarded by a series of academic appointments.

Educated by the Jesuits, he became King of Hungary in 1625, King of Bohemia in 1627 and Archduke of Austria in 1621.

Several foundlings appear in Terry Pratchett's Discworld: most notably Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson ( found as a toddler among the ruins of a caravan party attacked by bandits, surrounded by the bodies of the adults ; Carrot was adopted and raised by the dwarfs who discovered him, and was surprised to learn at age 16-and 6ft 6in tall-that he was not a dwarf ; mounting evidence suggests that Carrot is the scion of the deposed Ankh-Morpork royal family, but he himself has suppressed this as much as possible, considering the role of police captain to be a preferable one in which to safeguard his city and keep order ), also Tomjohn ( rightful heir to the throne of Lancre, rescued from his father's killer by loyal servants, entrusted to the local witches and given to travelling actors to raise ; Tomjohn eventually returns to the kingdom, but does not wish to rule it, preferring to remain an actor ) and Keith ( The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents-ironically, Malicia, obsessed with fairytales, is certain that this makes him likely to be a prince, but Keith explains that it is common in the city to abandon babies outside the Guilds where they are likely to receive care and training in a trade ).

Educated in the US at Bowling Green State University he was an entrepreneur in Baghdad, running several cafes before they were destroyed by Coalition bombs.

Educated by the Jesuits at Clongowes Wood College, he was primarily interested in poetry and literature, played the lead in school theatricals and was regarded as the best speaker in the school's debating society.

Educated early by his mother, Taylor studied for two years in France and Germany and traveled Europe for 18 months.

Educated at first by his mother, George Grote was sent to Sevenoaks grammar school ( 1800 – 1804 ) and afterwards to Charterhouse School ( 1804 – 1810 ), where he studied under Dr Raine in company with Connop Thirlwall, George and Horace Waddington and Henry Havelock.

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents is a children's fantasy by Terry Pratchett, published by Doubleday in 2001.

Educated at the University of Oxford, Anthony Shirley gained some military experience with the English troops in the Netherlands and also during an expedition to Normandy in 1591 under Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, who was related to his wife, Frances Vernon ; about this time he was knighted by Henry of Navarre ( Henry IV of France ), an event which brought upon him the displeasure of his own sovereign and a short imprisonment.

He is also mentioned, although not by name, in The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.

Educated by private tutors and at the exclusive Brearley School in New York City, at age 21 she married the extremely wealthy sportsman Harry Payne Whitney ( 1872 – 1930 ).

Educated at Nuremberg by the humanist Heinrich Grieninger, he entered the University of Cologne in 1504, and there associated with Hermann von Neuenahr, Ulrich von Hutten, and other humanists.

On their way back they are diverted by the magic of Mombi ( whom Jinjur recruited to help her apprehend them ), joined by the Highly Magnified and Thoroughly Educated Wogglebug, and aided by the Field Mice and their queen.

Educated in the traditions of the Seven Years ' War, he had by degrees, as his experience widened, divested his mind of antiquated forms of war, and realised that only a " national " army and a policy of fighting decisive battles could give an adequate response to the political and strategic situation brought about by the French Revolution.

Educated in Saxe-Altenburg, Germany, Harrison returned to Chicago to help his brother run the Chicago Times, which their father bought in 1891.

Educated at the original Trinity College School in Weston Ontario, as a teenager William Osler's aim was to follow his father into the Anglican ministry and to that end he entered Trinity College, Toronto ( now a constituent college of the University of Toronto ) in the autumn of 1867.

Educated at the French and Papal courts, he inherited the Marquisate from his father in 1519, initially under the regency of his mother and his uncles Sigismondo and Giovanni Gonzaga.

Educated first at the French College in Berlin, then at Neuchâtel, where his father had returned, Du Bois-Reymond entered in 1836 the University of Berlin.

Educated in Toronto public schools, his first job was at the age of 14 as an assistant to his carpenter father.

Educated at Leeds Grammar School, of which his father, afterwards Dean of Carlisle, was headmaster, he was early attracted to the study of history, and obtained a scholarship at St John's College, Oxford.

Educated at Taverham high school, as a teenager she was spotted recording Stevie Wonder-influenced demos at The Kitchen in Norwich with her father ( himself an experienced musician and local restaurateur ) on piano.

Educated in a local elementary school, he initially followed his father into the collieries aged 13.

Educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford, Price inherited the family estate of Foxley ( in Yazor ) when he came of age in 1768, a few years after the death of his father in 1761 and of his grandfather ( Uvedale Tomkins Price ) in 1764.

Educated first at Westminster School, Doll originally then intended ( against the wishes of his parents that he become a doctor like his father ) to study mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Educated at the Benedictine Ealing Priory School, Caudwell's formal education ended at the age of 15 when his father, Stanhope Sprigg, lost his job as literary editor of the Daily Express.

Educated by his father, in 1825 he was in the public service, and when barely 19 years of age was appointed clerk of the Clergy and School Lands Corporation.

Educated at Stowe School and St John's College, Cambridge, Bernstein joined the Granada Group, the leisure and television company founded by his uncle Sidney and his father Cecil Bernstein.

Sayer was born in Cromer, Norfolk, and Educated at Great Yarmouth Grammar School ( where his father taught Maths and Art ) and later at the then Loughborough College.

Educated privately, he met through his father ( a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Linnean Society, and at one time a member of Parliament ) many of the eminent men of his time.

Educated at Athens, he added to the Chaldee astrology of his father Greek ideas concerning the soul, the birth and destruction of bodies and a sort of metempsychosis.

Educated at Jesus College, Oxford, Williams-Wynn succeeded to the baronetcy and his father's estates on the death of his father in 1740 and also inherited Wynnstay near Ruabon and the other estates of the Wynn baronets of Gwydir which had been left to his mother on the death of Sir John Wynn in 1719.

Educated by her father, Luisa learned how to read and write, and developed a love for her country.