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Influential People Who Connected Two Very Different Fields
Influential People Who Connected Two Very Different Fields
by curious_compiler  • 
3 in common: Primo Levi, William Carlos Williams and 1 more
A second job is not automatically a second field of influence. These biographies are here because a sustained practice in one area met substantial work in another, producing a useful method, a...
People
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People Who Combined Scientific and Artistic Careers
People Who Combined Scientific and Artistic Careers
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Alexander Borodin
A few people have done serious work in both a laboratory and a studio, judged by two sets of peers who rarely talk to each other. This list, roughly in date order, includes painters who invented...
People
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Women Writers Who Changed What the Novel Could Do
Women Writers Who Changed What the Novel Could Do
by book_guy  • 
In common: Toni Morrison
A reading map for discovering how a novel can change the way time, thought and a speaking voice reach us. Each writer has a suggested book that makes her particular experiment tangible, from...
Books
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People Whose Correspondence Reveals an Extraordinary Mind
People Whose Correspondence Reveals an Extraordinary Mind
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Albert Einstein
For a biography reader, letters can reveal how an idea is tested, explained or turned into a piece of work. These are my choices across science, literature, art, philosophy and public life, using...
People
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People Whose Ideas Became More Influential After Their Death
People Whose Ideas Became More Influential After Their Death
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Franz Kafka
An idea can outgrow its first audience through later editions, new evidence, translations or institutions. These are my choices for lives whose intellectual or creative influence expanded after...
People
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People Who Helped Others Achieve Their Best Work
People Who Helped Others Achieve Their Best Work
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Toni Morrison
A biography often follows the name on the cover, the stage or the discovery. These profiles follow another thread: the editor who asks a better question, the teacher who develops a skill, the...
People
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People Whose Apprenticeships Shaped an Unusual Career
People Whose Apprenticeships Shaped an Unusual Career
by curious_compiler  • 
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Apprenticeship rarely gets the credit that a university degree does, yet many remarkable careers started with years of hands-on training in a workshop, kitchen, print shop or tailor's. This list...
People
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Political Organisers Who Changed American Elections
Political Organisers Who Changed American Elections
by curious_compiler  • 
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American elections are usually told through candidates. This list is about the people who changed who votes, how they are reached and how the map is drawn: party builders, voter registration...
Politics
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People Who Turned a Personal Collection into a Public Resource
People Who Turned a Personal Collection into a Public Resource
by curious_compiler  • 
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Many of the world's great museums and libraries began as one person's obsession: shelves of books, cabinets of curiosities, crates of paintings or boxes of old records. This list follows...
People
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