Humanities List of child prodigies

1 humanities

1.1 academics
1.2 humane letters: leadership, teaching, evangelism
1.3 law/political science/philosophy
1.4 language/translation

humanities
academics

nguyễn hiền (1234–?), vietnamese prodigy, earned first-rank doctorate laureate in year of 1247 when 13 years old.
michael kearney earned first of several degrees @ age of 10 years. became college teacher age of 17 years.
gregory r. smith – entered college @ age of 10 years , first nominated nobel peace prize @ age of 12 years.
colin maclaurin went study divinity in university of glasgow @ age of 11 , remained until 19 years, 7 months old in year 1717 when elected professor of mathematics, 3 hundred years held record world s youngest professor.
alexander faludy in 1998 became youngest undergraduate @ university of cambridge since 1773.
pierre bouguer (1698–1758) appointed professor of hydrography in 1713 @ age of 15.

humane letters: leadership, teaching, evangelism

aman rehman made more 1000 animated movies, beginning @ age of 3 years., and, @ 8, became youngest college-lecturer in world.
cao chun (born unknown, died 210) son of famous chinese warlord cao cao became youngest person ever fight army higher rank of major.
tavi gevinson (born 1996) nationally esteemed fashion writer age of 12 , ran online magazine age of 15.
mohammad hossein tabatabai (born 1991) memorized quran @ age of 5.
mohammad baqir al-sadr (1935–1980) iraqi shi cleric memorized quran @ age , wrote first book age of 12 called fadak in history. later went on lay foundation modern economics , banking in islam. wrote our philosophy, important critique of both socialism , capitalism, wrote textbook jurisprudence, used many islamic seminaries today. 1 of leading islamic intellectuals of 20th century , died @ age of 45.

law/political science/philosophy

jeremy bentham studied latin @ age of 3 years , entered queen s college, oxford @ age of 12 years.
hugo grotius: entered university of leiden study under joseph scaliger @ age 11. @ age 15 acclaimed king henry iv of france miracle of holland .
saul kripke invited apply teaching post @ harvard while still in high school.
john stuart mill knew several dead languages age of 8 years , studied scholastic philosophy @ age of 12 years.
stephen a. baccus began studying law @ age of 14 years, graduated university of miami school of law @ age of 16 years, , passed florida bar exam @ age of 17 years. fought minimum-age requirements bar-exam applicants in both new york , miami.
pichamon yeophantong became youngest undergraduate @ thammasat university @ age 13, graduating ba (first-class honours, 4.00gpa , king bhumipol award) @ 17; completed ma (first-class honours) @ age 18 , phd @ 22 in international relations australian national university; @ 23, became youngest ever global leaders fellow @ university college, oxford , princeton university; speak 7 languages teens.
joshua beckford tottenham 1 of youngest student attend oxford university @ age of six.
hildegart rodríguez carballeira knew 6 languages age of 8 , enrolled @ complutense university of madrid school of law age of 13. after graduating @ age 17, shot , killed mother.

language/translation

maria gaetana agnesi (1718–1799) multilingual prodigy went on become mathematician.
asad ullah qayyum, @ age of 7 years, able deliver speeches in 12 languages.
john barratier speak german, latin, french , dutch @ age of 4; knew 6 languages @ age of 11.
george boole (1815–1864) speak english, latin, greek, german, italian, , french teens.
jean-françois champollion knew several dead languages time 10 years old , read important paper @ grenoble academy @ age of 16 years.
edmond-charles genêt (1763–1834) read french, english, italian, latin, swedish, , german age of 12.
nathan leopold (1904–1971) started speaking @ age of 4 months; reportedly had iq of 210, though not directly comparable scores on modern iq tests.
giovanni pico della mirandola (1463–1494) speak 22 languages @ age of 18.
dorothea von rodde-schlözer (1770–1825) mastered 9 languages age of 16; french, english, dutch, swedish, italian, latin, spanish, hebrew , greek among other achievements.
thomas young (scientist), more notable physicist, polyglot @ young age, worked on translating demotic egyptian.
william wotton read passages in english, latin, greek, , hebrew @ age of five. graduated cambridge aged thirteen having acquired arabic, syriac, chaldee, french, spanish , italian, working knowledge of logic, philosophy, mathematics, geography, chronology, , history.




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