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Bill Bryson (born 1951)
journalist, autobiographer, science communicator, traveler
- Drake University
James Gleick (born 1954)
biographer, journalist, historian of science, essayist
- Harvard University, Harvard College
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
mathematician, social critic, essayist, logician, epistemologist, philosopher of language, political activist, metaphysician, analytic philosopher, autobiographer, philosopher of science, politician, peace activist, journalist, philosopher
- University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge
Alison Weir (born 1951)
historian, biographer, teacher
- University of North London, City of London School for Girls
Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)
biochemist, autobiographer, journalist
- Columbia University, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
mathematician, logician, photographer, poet, deacon, diarist, autobiographer, philosopher
- University of Oxford, Rugby School
James Lovelock (1919-2022)
biologist, chemist, mythographer, ecologist, environmentalist, biochemist, futurist, independent scientist, autobiographer, scientist
- University of Manchester, Strand School
Mikhail Saulovich Arlazorov (1920-1980)
journalist, biographer