- 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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strenuous lifestyle. He was
homeschooled and
began a
lifelong naturalist avocation before attending Harvard College. His book The
Naval War of 1812 established...
- 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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Pauli once
remarked to me that
Oppenheimer seemed to
treat physics as an
avocation and
psychoanalysis as a vocation. —
Isidor Isaac Rabi Oppenheimer's diverse...
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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 (Bengali: বিজন কুমার মুখার্জী; 15
August 1891 – 22
February 1956) was the 4th
Chief Justice of India. He was in his
office from 22...
- "a medium-sized fish in a
large pond." His only
significant athletic avocation was
downhill skiing,
which he
pursued enthusiastically with
stolen equipment...
- 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...
- 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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scuba diving, a
prolific author, and was best
known for his work as an
avocational marine archaeologist. Over his career, he
discovered over 5000 shipwrecks...
