Wikipedia defines an autodidact to be
‘a self-educated person; one who has
had little or no formal education’. The
word has been derived from the Greek
word autodidaktos. There have been
many well-known autodidacts who
have astounded the world with their
extraordinary knowledge and skills. A
handful of these people have been
amateurs in their field of interest and
yet have had an enormous impact on
the world. A few of these personalities
have also been labelled as geniuses and
their self-learnt abilities have, to an
extent, changed the world.
Here are the extraordinary life stories of
a few such personalities….
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