Ten examples of world famous people who became self-taught, I hope they can help you~(*^__^*)
Engels (1820-1895)
The creation of Marxism One of the great mentors of the proletariat of the world. Engels's father was a textile factory owner. In 1837, before Engels graduated from high school, he was forced by his father to go into business. He only went to middle school, but he was good at using his time and studied effectively. At the age of 21, he published a paper criticizing Schelling, a famous philosopher of his generation. He systematically studied and delved into the vast and profound knowledge provided by mankind, involved and studied almost all scientific departments, and made amazing achievements in many fields. He even solved difficult problems in some fields of natural science and became a A great proletarian philosopher, economist, militarist, linguist, litterateur, historian and natural scientist.
Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935)
Russian mathematician and physicist, founder of liquid-fuel rockets. At the age of fourteen, he began to study literature and natural science on his own. In 1880, he worked as a mathematics teacher in the school of Barov County, Karug Province. While continuing his self-study, he studied astronomy, biology and chemistry, and made special efforts to study aeronautical science. In 1895, he published a drawing of an artificial satellite, proposed using artificial satellites as a midway base for space navigation to launch rockets to the moon and other planets, and scientifically demonstrated the possibility of realizing space flight with the help of rockets. In 1903, he published his important work "Exploration of Space by Jet Devices", which solved the problem of rockets moving in space unaffected by gravity and medium resistance, and created the famous formula for calculating rocket speed.
Michulin (1855-1935)
Famous Soviet biologist. When he was sixteen years old, before he finished middle school, he was forced by life to work as a clerk at a station. At the age of twenty, he engaged in horticulture research and devoted himself to experiments on fruit tree grafting. He discovered that fruit trees can change their quality and produce new varieties under certain environmental conditions, thus allowing tropical fruit trees to grow in cold zones. He has created more than 300 excellent plant varieties. He creatively developed Darwinism and pushed biology to a new stage - Michurin biology.
Pierre Curie (1859-1906)
Famous French physicist. He never formally entered school. Due to his hard work in self-study, he obtained a master's degree from the University of Paris at the age of eighteen, and became a teaching assistant at the University of Paris at the age of nineteen. From 1889 to 1891, he invented the "Curie balance" which was valuable in chemical analysis applications. In 1895, he discovered the relationship between magnetism and temperature, which is the famous "Curie's law". Based on the French physicist Becquerel's discovery that uranium compounds are radioactive, the Curies continued their research and finally discovered polonium in July 1898 and radium in December of the same year. Thus, they and Becquerel entered into a new era. *Received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. The scientific achievements of the Curies, especially the discovery of radium, have brought happiness to mankind. Due to the discovery of radium, radium ingots were used to treat tumors. It was further discovered that radium can spontaneously generate heat, thus revealing the secret of atomic energy. In 1904, Curie was appointed professor at the University of Paris, and the following year he was elected as an academician of the French Academy of Sciences.
Ibsen (1828-1906)
One of the great playwrights in modern Europe. When he was young, his family went bankrupt and he worked as a pharmacy apprentice. After hard self-study, he was engaged in creative activities at the age of 20. He was attacked for writing a play that satirized the society at that time. He left the motherland in 1864 and wandered abroad for 27 years until returning to China in 1891. Ibsen wrote twenty-two plays, among which "The Pillars of Society", "The Puppet Family", "Ghosts" and "Enemy of the Nation" are the most famous.
Edison (1847-1931)
American inventor. He was born in a poor peasant family. He participated in field labor when he was six years old. He only attended primary school for three months and dropped out due to poor grades. He has been particularly fond of experiments since he was a child. Due to the pressure of life, he started telegraphing on the train when he was twelve years old. After he was fifteen years old, he worked as a telegraph operator in various cities. He continued to conduct research and experiments in his spare time. In 1879, he improved and manufactured a carbon filament incandescent electric lamp.
In more than fifty years of hard work, he invented more than 1,500 things in one day, including the famous telegraph automatic recorder, loudspeaker, kinetoscope, phonograph, etc., making great contributions to science. A great contribution.
Franklin (1706-1790)
An outstanding American scientist in the 18th century and the inventor of the lightning rod. He was born into a poor businessman's family and never formally read a book since he was a child. In addition to his outstanding contributions in electricity, he also has research, contributions and inventions in thermal, optics, meteorology, geology, oceanography, acoustics and sunspots. His writings and inventions have a common feature: a belief that science should be used to improve human life and enhance human understanding and control of the environment. Franklin wrote many books, the most famous of which is his autobiography. He was one of the world's cultural celebrities commemorated by the World Peace Council in 1956.
Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, an inland town in England. His father was originally a wealthy small businessman, engaged in the business of corn, meat, leather, etc. Later, due to losses and debts, his situation deteriorated. Shakespeare did not receive any systematic education in his youth. He had attended the town's grammar school and learned a little basic Latin and Greek. After that, he arrived in London, where he first did some odd jobs in a theater company, and later participated in performances and showed his talent. Finally, he took up the pen and wrote the script himself. Those so-called "literary talents" looked down upon this actor-turned-playwright at all, calling him a "newly shaken crow." But Shakespeare was not discouraged and worked harder. When he was about twenty-eight years old, he had already achieved success in literary creation. He publishes one or two masterpieces almost every year. There are a total of thirty-eight plays in his complete collection currently published. How did the author obtain this encyclopedic knowledge? This is mainly due to his rich life practice and diligent study of the skills of Marlowe and other senior drama masters, as well as the objective conditions at the time, which finally made him a human being A peak in the history of literature and art.
Nobel (1833-1896)
Born in the family of mechanic Menu Nobel in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Nobel didn't go to elementary school until he was eight years old. He dropped out of school after only two years. He relied on a tutor at home to tutor him in mathematics, physics and chemistry. In addition, he did odd jobs in the factory with his father. When he was seventeen years old (1850), Nobel crossed the ocean as an engineer and came to the United States to intern in the factory of the famous Engineer Allison. He studied diligently, studied hard on his own, and learned a lot of new knowledge. After all kinds of difficulties and twists and turns, he finally made smokeless gunpowder in 1887, which was widely used in industry and national defense. Later, he studied the fuse tube for igniting explosives, and made a trigger-happy mercury fulminate fuse tube, often called a detonator. Nobel devoted his life to science and worked tirelessly. In order to concentrate on inventions, he never married and lived a single life. In his lifetime, he obtained 355 patents for inventions and manufacturing.
Rodin (1840-1917)
The great French realist sculptor. He was born in a small clerk's family in Paris. He was very fond of painting when he was a child. He was expelled from an ordinary elementary school because he concentrated on painting and neglected other subjects. At the age of seventeen, he applied for the Higher Art School, but failed twice. Later, he was hired by a sculptor as an assistant. After a long period of hard study and self-study, he finally became a master. His works are famous for their realistic shapes and vivid descriptions. His representative works include "Bust of Victor Hugo", "The Thinker", "Man of the Bronze Age", "Eve", etc.
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Self-taught celebrities Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (1706.1-1790.4) was a bourgeois democratic thinker, outstanding political activist, and outstanding scientist during the American Revolution. He was one of the most important figures in the United States in the 18th century. The most famous person after Washington.
To escape religious persecution, his father Josiah. Franklin brought his family to America in 1682 and made a living by manufacturing and selling soap and candles. However, it was still difficult to meet the expenses of a large family. Due to his poor family, Franklin only attended school for two years before discontinuing his studies and went to work in his father's workshop to help support the family. At the age of 12, he went to his half-brother to learn printing and served as an apprentice.
Despite this, he did not forget to squeeze out all his spare time to study diligently and study hard to continuously improve his reading and writing skills. At the age of 16, he published an article in a newspaper under the pen name "Female Silencer" to comment on the authorities. In 1723, he came to Philadelphia alone due to disagreements with his brother, and then embarked on an arduous and long road of personal struggle. At that time, he was only a 17-year-old boy.
At the beginning of his journey to an independent life, Franklin struggled day and night to make a living. But even in such difficult circumstances, he did not forget to explore and think about reforms in various fields of knowledge. For example, he improved the heating stove in winter, invented glasses for both distance and near, and based on the inventions of his predecessors, he He conducted research on electricity and through experiments, came up with an explanation of the properties and concepts of electricity that is close to the present. It can be said that he made a great contribution to the theoretical work of electricity. In 1752, after many experiments, he invented the lightning rod. This avoids more losses of life and property.
Benjamin Franklin was enthusiastically engaged in social welfare undertakings, so he was enthusiastically praised and respected by the residents; and because he showed extraordinary talents in diplomacy, he was able to represent the North American colonies many times, Go on diplomatic missions to places like England and France. With his unremitting efforts, he successfully sought military, financial and other assistance; he also represented the British North American colonies in independent debates on colonial autonomy with the British King's ministers, and participated in the debate on the Declaration of Independence. Drafting work. …
Throughout Benjamin Franklin’s life, whether on the stage of political activities or in the field of scientific research. His path to development, growth and fame can be said to be a path of personal hard work and self-taught talent. His hard work, his diligence, his tireless spirit of continuous exploration, and his perseverance and determination to never give up until he achieves his goal will undoubtedly serve as a reference for our readers.