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ESTIMATED IQ'S OF FAMOUS PEOPLE IN HISTORY 1450-1850
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The following list appears in the Book of Lists,
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Walleninsky, Wallace and Wallace, 1977, William Morrow &
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Co., and is originally from a study which appears in:
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"Genetic Study of Genius" Vol. 2, by Catherine Morse Cox,
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copyright 1926 Stanford Press. The IQ's are estimated based
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upon various analytical elements, including performance
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before the age of 17. Presumably, these are on the Stanford-
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Binet scale.
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1. John Stuart Mill (Philosopher, economist) 190
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2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German poet) 185
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3. Thomas Chatterton 170
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4. Voltaire (Author, philosopher) 170
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5. George Sand (the only woman on the list; author) 150
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6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer) 150
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7. Lord Byron (English poet) 150
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8. Thomas Jefferson (President, statesman, author) 145
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9. Benjamin Franklin (Writer, statesman, inventor) 145
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10. Charles Dickens (English writer) 145
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11. Galileo (Astronomer) 145
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12. Napoleon Bonaparte (Military strategist, conqueror)140
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13. Richard Wagner (Composer) 135
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14. Charles Darwin (Scientist: theory of Evolution) 135
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15. Ludwig von Beethoven (Composer) 135
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16. Leonardo da Vinci (Artist, inventor) 135
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17. Honore de Balzac (Writer) 130
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18. Sir Isaac Newton (Mathematician, scientist) 130
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19. Baruch Spinoza (Philosopher) 130
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(Note that those below this level would likely be
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below the 98th percentile required for MENSA)
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20. George Washington (Statesman, militarist,President)125
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21. Abraham Lincoln (President, lawyer) 125
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22. Robert Blake (British admiral, writer) 125
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23. Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer) 125
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24. Josef Haydn (Composer) 120
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25. Hernando Cortes (conqueror of Mexico) 115
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26. Emmanual Swedenborg (Swedish religious writer) 115
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27. Martin Luther (Religious reformer) 115
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28. Rembrandt van Rindt (Dutch Painter) 110
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29. Copernicus (Astronomer) 105
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30. Cervantes (Writer: Don Quixote) 105
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(602) 840 4865 (300/1200/2400 N81), for which this computer
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file has been generated. Thanks to Kate Searle for bringing
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this list to my attention. -- Bob Hirschfeld, SYSOP.
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