* Blogmanac | June 27, 1721 | ‘The Infant of Lübeck’
Christian Heinecken was born in Lübeck, Germany, and it was said that he spoke within a few hours of birth. By the age of ten months he could converse on most subjects; when a year old he could discuss most matters raised in the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament) and in another month had mastered the New.
At two and a half years of age he could answer any question put to him by scholars in ancient or modern history or geography, Latin or French. He became an international celebrity, and at the age of three was presented to King Frederik IV of Denmark, to whom he spoke Latin and French. Or, so it was said by a certain Herr Schoneich, his teacher.
His feeble constitution prevented him from being weaned until 1725 when he was four years old, at which time he died, as he had predicted.
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Some other child prodigies
“At the age of four, Korea's Kim Ung-Yong published poetry, spoke four languages... and performed integral calculus on The World Surprise Show in Tokyo! Kim's Estimated IQ? 210. Among those with IQs of about 200: Emanuel Swedenborg, Goethe, John Stuart Mill, and former World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer. (The IQ of author Marilyn vos Savant was once estimated to be as high as 228.)” Source
"Another of these pitiable prodigies was John Philipp Baratier, of Schwaback, near Nürnberg, born the same year as the Lubeck prodigy (1721-1740). At the age of five be knew Greek. Latin, and French, besides his native German. At nine he knew Hebrew and Chaldee, and could convert German into Latin. At thirteen he could translate Hebrew into French or French into Hebrew. His life was written by Formey, and his name appears in most biographical dictionaries." Source
Child Prodigies: A Poisoned Paradise?
In 1984, America’s youngest college graduate, Michael Kearney, informed his pediatrician, “I have a left ear infection”. Michael was just six months old.
William James Sidis (1898-1944)
"One of America's most famous child prodigies is also the most tragic. Aged 11, he became the youngest-ever person to attend Harvard. A professor's prediction that he would someday be the greatest mathematician of the century turned Sidis into a celebrity. But he suffered a nervous breakdown in his teens and spent the next two decades in semi-seclusion, performing menial clerical jobs until 1944 when, at the age of 46, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage." Source: TIME Asia: Prodigies - So Bright!
Christian Heinecken was born in Lübeck, Germany, and it was said that he spoke within a few hours of birth. By the age of ten months he could converse on most subjects; when a year old he could discuss most matters raised in the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament) and in another month had mastered the New.
At two and a half years of age he could answer any question put to him by scholars in ancient or modern history or geography, Latin or French. He became an international celebrity, and at the age of three was presented to King Frederik IV of Denmark, to whom he spoke Latin and French. Or, so it was said by a certain Herr Schoneich, his teacher.
His feeble constitution prevented him from being weaned until 1725 when he was four years old, at which time he died, as he had predicted.
Some other child prodigies
“At the age of four, Korea's Kim Ung-Yong published poetry, spoke four languages... and performed integral calculus on The World Surprise Show in Tokyo! Kim's Estimated IQ? 210. Among those with IQs of about 200: Emanuel Swedenborg, Goethe, John Stuart Mill, and former World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer. (The IQ of author Marilyn vos Savant was once estimated to be as high as 228.)” Source
"Another of these pitiable prodigies was John Philipp Baratier, of Schwaback, near Nürnberg, born the same year as the Lubeck prodigy (1721-1740). At the age of five be knew Greek. Latin, and French, besides his native German. At nine he knew Hebrew and Chaldee, and could convert German into Latin. At thirteen he could translate Hebrew into French or French into Hebrew. His life was written by Formey, and his name appears in most biographical dictionaries." Source
Child Prodigies: A Poisoned Paradise?
In 1984, America’s youngest college graduate, Michael Kearney, informed his pediatrician, “I have a left ear infection”. Michael was just six months old.
William James Sidis (1898-1944)
"One of America's most famous child prodigies is also the most tragic. Aged 11, he became the youngest-ever person to attend Harvard. A professor's prediction that he would someday be the greatest mathematician of the century turned Sidis into a celebrity. But he suffered a nervous breakdown in his teens and spent the next two decades in semi-seclusion, performing menial clerical jobs until 1944 when, at the age of 46, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage." Source: TIME Asia: Prodigies - So Bright!
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