Ted Kaczynski (born May 22, 1942), the Unabomber, was a child prodigy who excelled academically from an early age. Kaczynski was accepted into Harvard University at the age of 16, where he earned an undergraduate degree, and later earned a PhD in mathematics from the University of Michigan.
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Confidence votes 6. At the age of 20 Sergey Mergelyan earned his Doctor of Science degree in mathematics in addition to his Ph. D from Moscow Steklov Mathematical Institute. Up to today this is an absolute record of getting the highest scientific degree (Doctor of Science) at such young age in former USSR and present Russia.
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'Youngest PhD student' 15 years old. Read more about sharing. The University of Leicester is claiming to have the UK's youngest ever PhD student - with a 15-year-old studying in the politics department. Eugenie de Silva's doctorate is going to focus on denial and deception in World War Two.
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At only 20 years old and with a doctorate under his belt, the young scholar already had a solid position in the world of academia. Since completing his PhD in 2002, he has gone from holding a post-doctorate position at MIT to becoming a Clay Research Fellow and, most recently, a professor at Stanford University.
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Image Source. Juliet Beni was a college senior at 15; and in 2012, when she was just 19 years old, she received her PhD in Psychology from the University of California, Riverside (UCR), becoming the youngest student to do so in UCR history.
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UNILAG produces Africa’s youngest PhD holder. The University of Lagos (UNILAG) awarded yesterday a PhD to Mr. (now Dr.) Olaoluwa Oluwadamilola (24), Africa’s youngest PhD holder. Olwadamilola had the best PhD thesis, titled: “Studies on Fixed Points of Contractive and Expanding Maps in Multi-Dimensional Spaces”.
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He finished high school when he was only 13 and went to the University of Western Australia, graduating with first class honors in Mathematics in 1997 – the youngest student ever to do so. Even then, Venkatesh didn’t pause for a breath, and a PhD from Princeton University consummated his academic success.
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Tiger Woods was a child prodigy, introduced to golf before the age of 2, by his athletic father Earl. In 1984 at the age of 8, he won the 9–10 boys' event, the youngest age group available, at the Junior World Golf Championships. He first broke 80 at age 8.
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Garry Kasparov was a chess child prodigy who ranked in the top 15 players in the world at age 16 and is considered by many as the greatest chess player of all time. He became the World Chess Champion at the age of 22, the youngest of all time.
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Juliet Beni is the youngest PhD holder.