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Originally posted by MagiK:
I would also like to request information from anyone on the instances throughout history where someone in this age group actually managed to come up with some revolutionary concept or idea in these catagories that actully worked in the real world. I admit my knowledge in this area is limited in the extreme.
Alexander the Great was 20 when his father was killed. Prior to that he was leading cavalry and at 16 regent of Macedon while Phillip was away.
Mozart indeed toured London and Paris at aged 10, while Vanessa Mae and Tori Amos are (were) contempory musical prodigies.
Ruth Lawrence is the youngest person to attend Oxford University at aged 12.
According to the Bible, Jesus was lecturing Rabbis at a very young age.
Thomas Edison became an inventor at age 21 - inventing an electronic vote recorder.
At age 20 Lenardo Da Vinci joined the Florentine painters guild, and was already an accomplished musician.
Marco Polo was 17 when he embarked on his SECOND world changing journey to China.
That's just for starters....
[ 02-07-2002: Message edited by: Yorick ]