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Avocation

American First Lady Bess Truman with Girl Scouts and their volunteer leaders

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.[1][2] 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 or human rights issues as part of their work.[3]

Many people involved with youth work pursue this as an avocation.[4]

People whose avocations were not their vocations

A

August Wilhelm Ambros

B

Baden-Powell, Robert

C

Copernicus

D

Olivia d'Abo

E

Johannes Scotus Eriugena

F

Veronica Franco

G

J. Paul Getty

H

Hilda Hewlett

I

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

J

Brian Jacques

K

Ada Lovelace

L

Hedy Lamarr

M

Gaston Means

N

Emperor Norton

O

Ottendorfer, Anna

P

Michael Alfred Peszke

Q

Quirinus

R

Jeri Ryan

S

Shelley, Mary

T

Tolkien, J. R. R.

U

Tracey Ullman

V

Jean-Claude Van Damme

W

Wells, Ida B.

X

Xenakis, Iannis

Y

Fictional people whose avocations were not their vocations

Bruce Wayne as his alter ego Batman

See also

References

  1. ^ Saunders, Travis. "Avocation vs. Vocation". Dragon Intuitive. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  2. ^ Miller, Robert (10 February 2010). "Your avocation may save your life". The News-Times. Hearst Corporation. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  3. ^ Boyd, Brian (20 October 2006). "A secret history of the old Ball game". Irish Times. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
  4. ^ Giammona, Craig. "Avocation in Wood". Bowdoin. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  5. ^ Gleick, James (1992). Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman. Pantheon Books. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-679-40836-9. OCLC 243743850.
  6. ^ a b 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.
  7. ^ Montagne, Renee (29 September 2006). "Tracey Ullman Takes on Knitting". NPR. NPR.org. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

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