Some Very Successful Former Classics Students
With a Classics degree, all kinds of jobs are
accessible to you. Jerry
Brown, William
Cohen, Lian
Dolan, William
Weld,
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Even fame and riches are not out of your reach,
as the following examples show:





James
Baker,
politician
politician
politician Colin
Dexter,
British writer
Radio host





Angie
Reed Garner,
artist
Charles
Geschke,
math professor and computer entrepreneurCarol
Goodman,
writer
Alex
Horne,
British comedian
David
Karp,
stock broker turned fruit detective





Jim
Manzi,
venture capitalistKarl
Marx,
philosopherToni
Morrison,
poet Fr.
Nietzsche,
philosopher J.K.
Rowling,
British writer





Dorothy
Sayers,
British writer
Carl
Schurz,
German-American statesmanJ.R.R.
Tolkien,
British writer
Ted
Turner,
TV mogul
lawyer & politician
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