An avocation is an activity that someone engages in as a hobby outside their main occupation. There are many examples of people whose professions were...
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Daniel L. Coberly (section Avocation)
Daniel Leo Coberly (born 1954) is an American author, journalist, historian, and noted civil servant from the United States. The son of a Special Forces...
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Jill St. John (section Avocation)
Jill St. John (born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim; August 19, 1940) is an American retired actress. She is best known for playing Tiffany Case, the first American...
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micromanaging eye of Stallman) or to one of thousands of different commercial, avocational, or university-research projects, processes, licenses, and ideologies...
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Bijan Kumar Mukherjea (section Avocation)
Bijan Kumar Mukherjea (Bengali: বিজন কুমার মুখার্জী; 15 August 1891 – 22 February 1956) was the 4th Chief Justice of India. He was in his office from 22...
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French 'one who loves') is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are...
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strenuous lifestyle. He was home-schooled and began a lifelong naturalist avocation before attending Harvard College. His book The Naval War of 1812 established...
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Alexander Borodin (section Musical avocation)
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Russian: Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, romanized: Aleksandr Porfiryevich Borodin, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr pɐrˈfʲi rʲjɪvʲɪtɕ...
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the conservation movement that flourished in the UK from 1965 onwards. Avocation Entertainment Community of interest Personal life Play (activity) Special...
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George Dorris (section Avocation as dance historian)
George Dorris (born August 3, 1930) is an American dance historian, educator, editor, and writer. As managing editor of Dance Chronicle for thirty years...
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A treasure hunter is a person who, as either a vocation or avocation, searches for sunken, buried, lost, or hidden treasure and other artifacts. Giovanni...
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Marilyn R. N. Mollicone (section Naturalist avocation)
Marilyn Rose Noyes Mollicone (born Marilyn Rose Noyes June 5, 1928 – May 26, 2023) was an American botanist advancing mycology in Maine and advocating...
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Jean-Jacques Cassiman (section Musical avocation)
Jean-Jacques Cassiman (25 April 1943 – 5 August 2022) was a Belgian geneticist and professor of human genetics. He graduated in 1967 from the Department...
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earn his livelihood by any lawful calling, to pursue any livelihood or avocation, and for that purpose to enter into all contracts which may be proper...
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Edward W. Packel (section Personal life and avocations)
Edward Wesler Packel (born July 23, 1941) is an American mathematician, game theorist, theoretical computer scientist, and expert on the use of Wolfram...
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Princess Hélène of Orléans (section Avocations)
Princess Hélène of Orléans (French: Princesse Hélène Louise Henriette d'Orléans; 13 June 1871 – 21 January 1951) was a member of the deposed Orléans royal...
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she has a poor grasp of the language. Peggy also finds employment and avocation as a freelance newspaper columnist for The Arlen Bystander as well as...
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tax collector, accountant, purchasing agent for Navy (writing was an avocation which did not produce much income) Language Spanish Literary movement...
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Frank Forrest Latta (section Historical avocation)
Frank Forrest Latta (1892–1983), was a California historian and ethnographer of the Yokuts people. He also wrote histories of the early European-American...
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2011-06-23. Retrieved 2008-11-18. Fred Short (2008). "OCCUPATIONS AND AVOCATIONS" (PDF). Little People of America. lpaonline.org. Retrieved 2023-11-18...
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Thomasites. Free primary schools that instructed on duties of citizenship and avocation was introduced. The Catholic Church was officially disestablished, and...
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education and a Abendgymnasium which prepares higher education of adults avocational. Dresden is home to Dynamo Dresden, which had a tradition in UEFA club...
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instruction that trained the people for the duties of citizenship and avocation was enforced by the Taft Commission per instructions of President McKinley...
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According to Zeitlin, Sutherland's character was originally written as an "avocational jazz player" early in development. The director encouraged his actors...
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while others aspire to support themselves in this way or write as an avocation. Most novelists struggle to have their debut novel published, but once...
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into all our mechanic shops, stores, offices, and lucrative business avocations ... let him rent such pew in the church, and occupy such seat in the theatre...
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his farm in Georgia. He spent his retirement pursuing his off-season avocations of hunting, golfing, polo, and fishing. His other pastime was trading...
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98 years old, was still making public appearances connected with his avocation as a painter. RKO Pictures LLC owns the RKO Radio Pictures Inc. film copyrights...
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and construction of a new federal courthouse for Boston, beginning an avocational interest in architecture and the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Breyer...
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"a medium-sized fish in a large pond." His only significant athletic avocation was downhill skiing, which he pursued enthusiastically with stolen equipment...
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