Eventually, in 1838, a scholarship awarded by the Besançon Academy enabled him to study in Paris.
A scholarship enabled him to study with Roger Sessions at Princeton University, New Jersey, U.S., in 1962 64.
His subsequent sojourns in prison enabled him to study Marxism in more depth.
After the war, the G.I. bill enabled him to study art with the painter Hans Hoffmann in Provincetown, Mass.
In 1909 Toch won the Mozart Prize, which enabled him to study piano at Frankfurt am Main.
Bruch wrote a symphony at age 14 and won a scholarship enabling him to study at Cologne.
Born in 1845, Eça de Queirós (pronounced EH-sah de kay-ROSH) was the illegitimate son of a magistrate, whose support enabled him to study at Coimbra's elite university.
Mr. Rivera said that being a nominee, which enabled him to study at the Paper Mill Summer Conservatory for aspiring performers, was life-changing.
He then attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and while there won two scholarships that enabled him to study and work in Europe.
From 2010 a two-year research fellowship at Leeds enabled him to study 19th-century editions of baroque violin music and in particular those of Bach.
They hope their grandson, Angelo, 17, will avoid the gangs and graduate with a decent diploma enabling him to study a profession.
