NOUN | a private tutor | private tutors | |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and went to London in 1723 to work as a private tutor.
- Wealthier plebeians were able to send their children to schools or hire a private tutor.
- Often accompanied by a private tutor, preferably a scientist himself, these young people visited universities in several European countries.
- A governess is a largely obsolete term for a woman employed as a private tutor, who teaches and trains a child or children in their home.
- He became a private tutor in the towns surrounding Königsberg, but continued his scholarly research.
- He was born at Kames House, between Eccles and Birgham, Berwickshire, son of George Home of Kames House. He was educated at home by a private tutor until the age of 16.
- He left Cambridge in 1728 to act as private tutor to the son of W. Strode of Punsbourn, Hertfordshire, returning to the university in 1733.
- He studied with his father and with a private tutor, then studied for three years at Shiloh College.
- However, Hölderlin found no satisfaction in the prevailing Protestant theology, and worked instead as a private tutor.
- After leaving Cambridge, Isherwood worked as a private tutor and later as secretary to a string quartet led by the violinist André Mangeot while he completed his first novel.
- In 1929, Cole Porter's song "After All, I'm Only a Schoolgirl" references Harris and "My Life and Loves", in a tale about a girl who is learning about adult relationships from a private tutor.
- Lovelace first met him in June 1833, through their mutual friend, and her private tutor, Mary Somerville.
- Rather reluctantly Ohm took his advice but he left his teaching post in Gottstatt Monastery in March 1809 to become a private tutor in Neuchâtel.
- Boys from wealthy families were taught at home by a private tutor.
- According to the later hagiographical literature, Theodore received an education befitting his family's station and from the age of seven was instructed by a private tutor, eventually concentrating in particular on theology.
- As a young man, Steiner was a private tutor and a lecturer on history for the Berlin "Arbeiterbildungsschule", culminating in a 1907 essay on "The Education of the Child" in which he described the major phases of child development which formed the foundation of his approach to education.
- His education was by a private tutor after he had exhausted the resources of the Beaufort common school.
- Wilkinson's early education by a private tutor was funded by his maternal grandmother.
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