After that he left academia to focus on music.

He wrote on history before leaving academia to become a full-time writer of fantasy novels.

Even after he left academia, his bookish qualities were well known.

In 1899, he left academia and drifted for several years.

He says his mother "wasn't crazy about" his decision to leave academia.

He left academia in 1972 to concentrate fully on his other business activities.

He left academia in 2008 to become a full-time writer.

She left academia in 2000 in order to pursue writing full-time.

Someone said you were thinking of leaving academia and taking your E15 project into the private sector.

In 1974, he left academia to pursue his research in the private sector.