self-made man
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On a surface level, I think Brontë created an archetype that has lived on — the brooding, possessive self-made man type.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
Macaulay was a self-made man elevated to the pinnacle of Britain’s ruling class, thanks to his precocious intelligence and scholarly brilliance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
Margaret Thatcher's biographer Lord Charles Moore said he was the "first important personal example of Thatcherism in action because he was the self-made man from the working class and he was unapologetic about that".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
Delors was a rarity in French public life: a self-made man from a working-class home who did not come up through the prestigious “grandes ecoles.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
“Many here in Chicago consider you a self-made man, the kind of immigrant they strive to become.”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
