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 a local missionary school, he left in 1926 to find work.

Educated at a local Poor law school, Crooks worked initially as a grocer's errand boy, then a blacksmith's labourer and then as an apprentice cooper.

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 the local village school, and later at Belle Vue Grammar School in Bradford, he went on to study history at Downing College, Cambridge.

Educated at local primary schools and at Kerema High and Sogeri National High, he went on to study at the University of Papua New Guinea, where he obtained a Bachelor of Economics in 1970, and as an exchange student at Flinders University in South Australia.

Educated speakers who would use-ito /-ita or no diminutive at all in more formal speech may use local forms when they want a friendlier or more colourful way of expressing themselves, sometimes borrowing another region's diminutive.

Educated by his family to be a member of the local Bar, he was appointed Secretary of the Finance Council and, then, in 1778, of the Chancery of “ Monsieur ”, namely the elder brother of the king of France.

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

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

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 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 at a Jesuit school, he was intensely pious — before marrying, he completed the whole of Ignatius of Loyola's Spiritual Exercises to discover whether he should in fact devote himself to a single life.

Educated at Wath-upon-Dearne Grammar School, a state grammar school, then the University of Oxford ( graduating with First Class Honours in Philosophy, Politics and Economics ) and INSEAD, Hague was first elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1989.

Educated at the ducal school ( Fürstenschule ) at Grimma, he was sent to study theology at the University of Leipzig.

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 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 at the Berklee College of Music, Scofield eventually left school to record with Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan.

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.

Educated at Eton College ( 1725 – 32 ) as Viscount Tunbridge, Rochford ’ s school friends included three future secretaries of state, Conway, Halifax and Sandwich.

Educated at St Mary's church school, Merton, Surrey, Hobbs joined the volunteer artillery in 1883.

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 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.

Educated, against his own wishes, at Selwyn House, Broadstairs, and then Eton, Chichester-Clark left school and entered adulthood in the midst of the Second World War.

Educated people from all parts of France were to be selected to attend the school an to subsequently return to found an école normale in their department for the education of primary schools teachers.

Educated at a mission school, he later set up a flour mill in Warea.

Educated in the state of Qi, Xunzi was associated with the Confucian school, but his philosophy has a pragmatic flavour compared to Confucian optimism.

According to the authors Bennett, Finn, and Cribb of The Educated Child: A Parent's Guide from Preschool Through Eighth Grade, the first three to five years of an individual ’ s life can be the most critical period of their education.

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

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 in France, he served as the Governor of the Eastern Province from 1934 – 35 and in 1938 – 39, and was Governor of Kandahar from 1935 – 38.

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 in the United States, as a student Sheikh Khaled was a member of US President Jimmy Carter ’ s 1980 presidential campaign team.

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

Educated in the Augustinian cloister at Fiesole, he was transferred in 1519 to the convent of St John of Verdara near Padua, where he graduated D. D.

Educated at the City of London School, he obtained a studentship at King's College London, and in 1856 a scholarship at Queens ' College, Cambridge where he graduated as fifth wrangler in 1859, and was immediately elected fellow of his college.

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 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 Christ's Hospital and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he was in 1695 chosen Regius Professor of Greek, a language which he wrote and spoke with the utmost facility.

Educated as a theologian, Ásgeir graduated with honours from the University of Iceland in Reykjavík in 1915, but was considered too young to be ordained as a minister.

Educated at the École Polytechnique, Deutsch was a pioneer in the field of aerodynamics, and founded the SERA-CD vehicle engineering Research and Development Company ( Société d ’ Etudes et de Réalisations Automobiles-Charles Deutsch ).

Educated at Cheltenham Ladies ' College and St Hilda's College, Oxford ( where she was one of the first students ), she served as a Red Cross nurse during World War I with a voluntary Franco-American hospital.

Educated at Shaftesbury Grammar School, he started work in London in 1938, and was in the British Army as a territorial volunteer from 1939 to 1946.

Educated at St. Cyr, he received a commission in the Staff Corps in 1837, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1840, and captain in 1843.