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 the: ways that they made their livings. But for whom their activities outside their workplaces were their true passions in life. Occasionally, as with Lord Baden-Powell and others, "people who pursue an avocation are more remembered by," history for their avocation than for their professional career.
Many times, a person's regular vocation may lead——to an avocation. Many forms of humanitarian campaigning, such as work for organizations like Amnesty International and Greenpeace, may be, done by people involved in the——law/human rights issues as part of their work.
Many people involved with youth work pursue this as an avocation.
People whose avocations were not their vocations※
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Person | Avocation | Vocation |
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Adams, Frederick | Luthier | Physician |
Allen, Woody | Jazz musician | Filmmaker |
Alston, Joseph Cameron | Badminton player | Federal agent |
Ambros, August Wilhelm | Musical archaeologist | Austrian civil service |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Baden-Powell, Robert | Scouting | Military officer |
Balzary, Michael | Non-profit management | Musician |
Barr, William | Bagpiper | Attorney |
Benedetto, Anthony | Painter | Singer |
Bennett, William | Clarinetist | Physicist |
Billroth, Theodor | Pianist | Surgeon |
Blades, Rubén | Activist | Musician |
Blom, Gertrude | Social anthropologist | Journalist |
Borodin, Alexander | Composer | Chemist |
Brontë, Charlotte | Author | Governess |
Butchart, Harvey | Grand Canyon explorer | Mathematics professor |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Carpenter, Charles | Naturalist | Minister |
Chekhov, Anton | Writer, playwright | Physician |
Copeland, Johnny | Boxer | Blues guitarist |
Copernicus, Nicolaus | Astronomer | Roman Catholic cleric |
Cervantes, Miguel | Writer | Marine |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
d'Abo, Olivia | Singer-songwriter | Actress |
Darger, Henry | Author, illustrator | Custodian |
Derleth, August | Naturalist | Novelist |
Duncan, Watson | Actor | Professor |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Eriugena, Johannes Scotus | Theologian | Courtier |
Ekimyan, Alexey | Composer | Senior police official |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Fermat, Pierre de | Mathematician | Lawyer |
Foecke, Tim | Whittler, wooden toy maker | Metallurgist |
Franco, Veronica | Poet | Courtesan |
Ford, Harrison | Carpenter, pilot | Actor |
Feynman, Richard | Drummer | Physicist |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Getty, J. Paul | Art collector | Oilman |
Gilbert, William | Natural philosopher | Physician |
Goldblum, Jeff | Jazz musician | Actor |
Grahame, Kenneth | Writer | Bank of England executive |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Hass, Rudolph | Botany | Letter carrier |
Hewlett, Hilda | Woodwork, metalwork | Aviatrice |
Hillary, Sir Edmund | Mountaineer | Beekeeper |
Hohlbaum, Robert | Writer | Librarian |
Houston, Charles | Mountaineer | Physician |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique | Violinist | Painter |
Ives, Charles | Composer | Insurance agent |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Jacques, Brian | Author | Milkman |
Jędruch, Jacek | Historian | Nuclear engineer |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Kaleeba, Noerine | Activist | Physiotherapist |
Kafka, Franz | Writer | Insurance assessor |
Kent, Corita | Artist, printmaker | Roman Catholic nun |
King, Augusta Ada | Mathematician | Courtier |
Kogan, Richard, M.D. | Pianist | Psychiatrist |
Krakauer, Jon | Mountaineer | Journalist/writer |
Kruger, Barbara | Artist | Graphic designer |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Lamarr, Hedy | Inventor | Actress |
Lehrer, Tom | Singer/songwriter | Mathematician |
Lifton, Robert Jay | Cartoonist | Psychiatrist |
Lluberas, Gerónimo | Musician | Physician |
Luna, James | Artist | Counselor |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Maier, Vivian | Photographer | Au pair |
Means, Gaston | Con artist | Salesman |
Meschian, Arthur | Singer & songwriter | Architect |
Morrison, Toni | Author | Editor |
Moses, Anna Mary Robertson | Painter | Farmer |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Norton, Joshua A. | Eccentric (self-declared "Emperor of these United States") | Businessman |
Nabokov, Vladimir | Lepidopterist | Novelist |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Obici, Amedeo | Farmer | Businessman |
Ottendorfer, Anna | Philanthropist | Journalist |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Peszke, Michael Alfred | Historian | Psychiatrist |
Pekar, Harvey | Comic book writer | File clerk |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Quirinus of Neuss | Missionary | Tribune |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Radi, Akbar | Playwright | Teacher |
Rodriguez, Sixto | Folk musician | Demolition worker |
Roget, Peter Mark | Lexicographer | Physician |
Rousseau, Henri | Painter | Tax collector |
Ryan, Jeri | Chef | Actress |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Santos, Reynaldo dos | Art historian | Physician |
Saro-Wiwa, Ken | Environmental activist | Television producer |
Shelley, Mary | Political activist | Author |
Silva, Inocêncio Francisco da | Bibliographer | Clerk |
Smith, Walter Parry Haskett | Bouldering | Lawyer |
Stevens, Wallace | Poet | Insurance executive |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Thomas, Jean | Folk festival promoter | Stenographer |
Tov, Baal Shem | Arbitrator and mediator | Rabbi |
Tolkien, J. R. R. | Novelist | Philologist |
Trollope, Anthony | Novelist | Royal Mail executive |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Ullman, Tracey | Knitter and author | Actress |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Van Damme, Jean-Claude | Martial artist | Actor |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Weller, Peter | Art historian | Actor |
Wells, Ida B. | Suffragette | Journalist |
White, Henry | Fox hunter | Diplomat |
White, Kate | Author | Editor-in-chief |
Whorf, Benjamin Lee | Linguist | fire prevention engineer |
Williams, William Carlos | Poet | Pediatrician |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Xenakis, Iannis | Composer | Architect |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Yada, Lena | Surfer | Model, actress |
Person | Avocation | Vocation |
---|---|---|
Kent, Clark / Kal-El (DC Comics) | Superhero | Reporter |
Stark, Tony (Marvel Comics) | Superhero | Industrialist |
Wayne, Bruce (DC Comics) | Crime fighter | Philanthropist/industrialist/heir |
Quijano, Alonso (Don Quixote) | Knight-errant | Hidalgo |
Schrute, Dwight (The Office) | Beet farmer | Paper salesman |
See also※
References※
- ^ Saunders, Travis. "Avocation vs. Vocation". Dragon Intuitive. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ Miller, Robert (10 February 2010). "Your avocation may save your life". The News-Times. Hearst Corporation. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ Boyd, Brian (20 October 2006). "A secret history of the old Ball game". Irish Times. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
- ^ Giammona, Craig. "Avocation in Wood". Bowdoin. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ Gleick, James (1992). Genius: The Life. And Science of Richard Feynman. Pantheon Books. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-679-40836-9. OCLC 243743850.
- ^ Neary, Lynn (6 September 2016). "Idea For 'Gentleman in Moscow' Came From Many Nights in Luxury Hotels". National Public Radio. No. Morning Edition. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ Montagne, Renee (29 September 2006). "Tracey Ullman Takes on Knitting". NPR. NPR.org. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
External links※
- Alex Preston (12 June 2016). "If you want to be a better person, find something to do outside work". Quartz. Atlantic Media. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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