He was a compulsive autodidact, wanting to know the names and nature of everything.

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Mr. Earle dropped out of high school at 15, and he has the autodidact's yen for absorbing information.

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But famed watch maker and autodidact George Daniels was not the kind of person everyone could put up with.

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Always the autodidact, Lytle spends the few moments he can grab for himself learning two new computer languages, hoping to keep his skills sharp.

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