1.Blaise Pascal
Born in the year 1623, in the Auvergne region of France,
Blaise Pascal was a math genius since childhood. He wrote
a theorem when he was only 16, and his first proof when he
was 11. He formulated the Pascal theorem and has many
other contributions in the field of physics, math, and
philosophy to his credit. He is also considered a pioneer of
calculating machines, having built over 20 of them in the
early years of his career. He died when he was 39, in 1662.
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart is undoubtedly one of the most famous child
prodigies. He was born in Germany, in 1756, and was an
outstanding piano player and music composer, having
written his first composition at the age of 6! He started
playing the harpsichord at age 3, wrote his first symphony
at 8, and first opera at 12. When he was 5, he gave a piano
performance at the University of Salzburg. Despite having
died young (at just 35), he has more than 600 musical
compositions to his credit.
3. Carl Friedrich Gauss
One of the greatest mathematicians of the 19th century, Carl
Friedrich Gauss was born in 1777 in Brunswick, Germany.
He could add 100 numbers at age 3, and not surprisingly
made significant contributions in the fields of Algebra,
magnetic theory, astronomy, and physics; his name is now
a magnetic unit. He died in 1855, having left behind a
plethora of knowledge in the fields of physics, math,
differential geometry, statistics, etc.
4. Jean-François Champollion
Born in 1790, in France, Jean-François Champollion was a
talented and renowned linguist at the time. He exhibited
talent at a very young age, and was able to speak Greek,
Latin, Sanskrit, Persian, Chinese, French, Arabic, Hebrew,
Sanskrit, Amharic, Pahlavi, Syriac, Chaldean, Ethiopic, and
more. He worked on phonetics of the Coptic language and
also the Egyptian hieroglyphs. He was even offered a
professorship in Egyptology, but he could not take it up due
to health reasons. He died young, at 41, in 1832.
Born in the year 1623, in the Auvergne region of France,
Blaise Pascal was a math genius since childhood. He wrote
a theorem when he was only 16, and his first proof when he
was 11. He formulated the Pascal theorem and has many
other contributions in the field of physics, math, and
philosophy to his credit. He is also considered a pioneer of
calculating machines, having built over 20 of them in the
early years of his career. He died when he was 39, in 1662.
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart is undoubtedly one of the most famous child
prodigies. He was born in Germany, in 1756, and was an
outstanding piano player and music composer, having
written his first composition at the age of 6! He started
playing the harpsichord at age 3, wrote his first symphony
at 8, and first opera at 12. When he was 5, he gave a piano
performance at the University of Salzburg. Despite having
died young (at just 35), he has more than 600 musical
compositions to his credit.
3. Carl Friedrich Gauss
One of the greatest mathematicians of the 19th century, Carl
Friedrich Gauss was born in 1777 in Brunswick, Germany.
He could add 100 numbers at age 3, and not surprisingly
made significant contributions in the fields of Algebra,
magnetic theory, astronomy, and physics; his name is now
a magnetic unit. He died in 1855, having left behind a
plethora of knowledge in the fields of physics, math,
differential geometry, statistics, etc.
4. Jean-François Champollion
Born in 1790, in France, Jean-François Champollion was a
talented and renowned linguist at the time. He exhibited
talent at a very young age, and was able to speak Greek,
Latin, Sanskrit, Persian, Chinese, French, Arabic, Hebrew,
Sanskrit, Amharic, Pahlavi, Syriac, Chaldean, Ethiopic, and
more. He worked on phonetics of the Coptic language and
also the Egyptian hieroglyphs. He was even offered a
professorship in Egyptology, but he could not take it up due
to health reasons. He died young, at 41, in 1832.
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