The phrase "a former disciple of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to someone who was previously a student or follower of a particular teacher or leader.
Example: "He is a former disciple of the renowned philosopher, having studied under him for several years."
Alternatives: "an ex-student of" or "a past follower of".
Passeron, a former disciple of French intellectual Pierre Bourdieu, was delighted.
Aduriz is a former disciple of Ferran Adrìa of El Bulli restaurant fame and was voted the world's best by fellow chefs polled by Restaurant magazine last year.
One former Confrérie member who has joined the new team is Ranieri Illicher, 33, a former disciple of the master watchmaker Kari Voutilainen and designer of the brand's Bel Canto model.
Under the influence of Russian revolutionary populist thought as well as a comrade such as the French geographer Élisée Reclus (a former disciple of the French utopian socialist Charles Fourier), Kropotkin developed a variant of anarchist theory known as anarchist communism.
And he's a former disciple of Milton Friedman, who when he ran for the Senate in the 1990s wanted to include China in NAFTA.
The bribes inquiry owes much of its vigour to a quarrel between Mr Maluf and Celso Pitta, a former disciple whom he helped to get elected as mayor in his place.
The pro-VNQDD nationalist Ho Ngoc Lam, a KMT army officer and former disciple of Phan Boi Chau, was named as the deputy of Phạm Văn Đồng, later to be Ho's Prime Minister.
Charles Texx" Watson, the former disciple of Charles Manson who once referred to himself as the cult leader's "lieutenant for killing," has been denied parole again.
Mark Green, the former New York City public advocate and an early disciple of Mr. Nader's consumer advocacy, said he was fairly certain that Mr. Nader would run.
Among these entrepreneurs, however, there was a disproportionate number of "outsiders"—notably men of Protestant or Jewish origin or former disciples of Henri de Saint-Simon.
These include Seichōno-ie (Household of Growth) and Sekai Kyūsei-kyō (Religion of World Salvation), both founded by former disciples of Onisaburō.
