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List of people whose vocations were not their avocations
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An avocation is an activity that one engages in as a hobby (WP) outside one's main occupation, or vocation. There are many examples of people whose professions were the ways that they made their livings, but for whom their activities outside of their workplaces were their true passions in life.[1]
Many times a person's regular vocation may lead to their avocation. Many forms of humanitarian campaigning, such as work for organizations such as Amnesty International (WP) and Greenpeace (WP) may be done by people involved in the law (WP) or human rights (WP) issues as part of their work.[2]
Many people involved with youth work pursue this as an avocation.[3]
The phrase starving artist (WP) reflects the difficulty making artistic endeavours into a vocation; many work day jobs while their art remains an avocation. For that reason, artists are kept separate from this list; see Artists and their day jobs
Then there are those who do not qualify for this list because their chosen means of making a living was temporary, such as Albert Einstein (WP) (patent clerk), or was both temporary and led to their avocation becoming their vocation, such as the Wright Brothers (whose work as bicycle mechanics offered observations into principles of physics that would aid their first powered flights).
Finally, there are those whose potential or stymied avocations were completely shunted out of their lives despite a great deal of evidence of success or promise in the avocation. An example is oil painter Frank Frazetta, who turned down an offer from the New York Giants baseball team.[4][5] See Could have been a...
Avocation in literature[edit]
- But yield who will to their separation,
My object in living is to unite
My avocation and my vocation
As my two eyes make one in sight.
Only where love and need are one,
And the work is play for mortal stakes,
Is the deed ever really done
For heaven and the future´s sakes. -Wikipedia:Robert Frost - Two Tramps in Mud Time, st. 9
People whose avocations were not their vocations[edit]
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| Person | Avocation | Vocation |
|---|---|---|
| Carpenter, Charles | Wikipedia:naturalist | Wikipedia:minister |
| Copeland, Johnny | boxer | Wikipedia:blues guitarist |
| Copernicus, Nicolaus | Wikipedia:Astronomer | Roman Catholic cleric |
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| Person | Avocation | Vocation |
|---|---|---|
| Derleth, August | Wikipedia:naturalist | Wikipedia:Novelist |
| Duncan, Watson | Wikipedia:Actor | Wikipedia:Professor |
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| Person | Avocation | Vocation |
|---|---|---|
| Hohlbaum, Robert | Wikipedia:writer | Wikipedia:librarian |
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| Person | Avocation | Vocation |
|---|---|---|
| Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique | violinist (WP) | painter |
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| Person | Avocation | Vocation |
|---|---|---|
| Jacques, Brian | author (WP) | Wikipedia:milkman |
| Jędruch, Jacek | Wikipedia:historian | Wikipedia:Nuclear engineer |
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| Person | Avocation | Vocation |
|---|---|---|
| Lifton, Robert Jay | Wikipedia:Cartoonist | Wikipedia:Psychiatrist |
| Lluberas, Gerónimo | Wikipedia:musician | Wikipedia:physician |
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| Person | Avocation | Vocation |
|---|---|---|
| Means, Gaston | Wikipedia:Con artist | Wikipedia:salesman |
O[edit]
| Person | Avocation | Vocation |
|---|---|---|
| Obici, Amedeo | Wikipedia:farmer | Wikipedia:businessman |
P[edit]
| Person | Avocation | Vocation |
|---|---|---|
| Peszke, Michael Alfred | Wikipedia:historian | Wikipedia:Psychiatrist |
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| Person | Avocation | Vocation |
|---|---|---|
| Roget, Peter Mark | Wikipedia:Lexicographer | Wikipedia:Physician |
| Ryan, Jeri | Wikipedia:Chef | Wikipedia:actress |
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| Person | Avocation | Vocation |
|---|---|---|
| Smith, Walter Parry Haskett | Wikipedia:Bouldering | Wikipedia:lawyer |
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| Person | Avocation | Vocation |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas, Jean | folk festival promoter | Wikipedia:stenographer |
| Tov, Baal Shem | arbitrator and mediator | Wikipedia:Rabbi |
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| Person | Avocation | Vocation |
|---|---|---|
| White, Henry | fox hunter | Wikipedia:diplomat |
| Whorf, Benjamin Lee | Linguist | fire prevention engineer |
Fictional people whose avocations were not their vocations[edit]
| Person | Avocation | Vocation |
|---|---|---|
| Wayne, Bruce | Wikipedia:crime fighter | Wikipedia:philanthropist |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Travis Saunders. Avocation-vs-vocation. URL accessed on 10 February 2011.
- ↑ Boyd, B. (2006, October 20). A secret history of the old Ball game. Irish Times. Retrieved July 04, 2007, from http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2006/1020/1160606784745.html
- ↑ Craig Giammona. Avocation in Wood. Bowdoin. URL accessed on 10 February 2011.
- ↑ "†I was involved with a girl at the time,†Frazetta says a little sorrowfully. “And going down to Texas and sweating it out in the minors for a year didn’t seem very appealing. You have to remember that at that time athletes weren’t making the money they do today. They bussed you back and forth and it was just a big disgusting hassle. I remember that traveling to another state seemed like going to the end of the world, so I told them, maybe next year. Time went by and before I knew it I was too old. It was just my way of letting time make the decision for me. If I have any regrets it’s that I didn’t turn pro. If I was in my twenties and had it to do over – today, at today’s salaries – you better bet I’d do it.†Bardball
- ↑ Quotes by Frank Frazetta May 11, 2010 Rainfeatherpearl at Deviantart
