Youngest Professor of the World
Youngest Professor of the World
Girl, 19, whose name is Alia Sabur, becomes youngest professor of the world.
Iranian but US citizen Alia Sabur, 19, has been announced the world’s youngest full-time professor in history by the Guinness Book of World Records, media reported.
The former child prodigy, clarinet maestro, black belt martial artist and budding scientist has been named the world’s youngest professor.
Miss Sabur will begin teaching physics at Korea’s Konkuk University next month, breaking a record set by Scottish mathmetician Colin Maclaurin three centuries ago, reports the Times.
However, the achievement will come as little surprise to her friends and family. Miss Sabur has been exceeding expectations since infanthood.
She gained a university graduate by 10, a masters at 17 and managed to squeeze in becoming a concert clarinetist with the Rockland Symphony Orchestra - aged 11.
Miss Sabur says her secret is curiosity.
“I just wanted to know how things worked,” she told the paper.
“My parents encouraged me in anything I wanted to do.”
But her gift is not without its drawbacks. By five she had outgrown her friends and moved on to secondary school, where her intellect singled her out as a misfit.
When she went to Stony Brook University in New York aged 10, she took her teddy bears to physics classes.
The Daily Telegraph
vahid said,
July 23, 2008 @ 11:05 am
Well, when I first heard this news some last month, like everybody else I started surfing to get more info about her. In one of the interviews she claimed that she has no Iranian/Arab roots and feels that totally dedicated to the whole world. Although I’m not sure whether these are true or even what else can be implied, I felt she can’t be a hero for a big majority of the world. Otherwise, people might get disappointed easily!