Jurisconsults were wealthy amateurs who dabbled in law as an intellectual hobby; they did not make their primary living from it.

The series was issued as a set of inexpensive paperbacks retailing initially for 6 shillings, a departure from similar books for professionals and wealthy amateurs.

It's a sad spectacle to see wealthy amateurs guiding the curatorial decisions of respected institutions while the professionals must sit on their hands and keep their mouths shut.

But the American pattern has been for an orchestra's board, comprised mostly of wealthy musical amateurs, to retain full authority.

At the time, scientific investigation was largely the province of wealthy amateurs.

Most of them have found their way into museums, and the rest are the treasured possessions of wealthy amateurs.

The founding members were a mixture of professional photographers and wealthy amateurs.

As the game gradually moved away from being a pursuit for wealthy amateurs to one dominated by working-class professionals, kits changed accordingly.

Should this conservation job be a sport for wealthy amateurs?

In spite of the growing community of scientists, for nearly 200 years science had been the preserve of wealthy amateurs, educated middle classes and clerics.