Laurent Simons

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Laurent Simons (born December 26, 2009 ) is a Belgian student who graduated from high school at the age of eight and is known as a child prodigy . He has an intelligence quotient of 145.

Life

He was born the son of Alexander and Lydia Simons, a couple of dentists, and grew up with his grandparents in Ostend . He started school at the age of four and finished elementary school at the age of six. He first switched to a private high school in Amsterdam . There he complained about the other students who were much too slow and they complained about him because he always knew everything. He then attended a grammar school in Bruges , which organized one-on-one lessons for him. His special ability is to instantly memorize everything he reads. So he managed to acquire the Abitur knowledge in just two years. In the last six weeks at high school, he had an exam every day to make it time for the Abitur. During the holidays he did an internship with a cardiologist in Amsterdam and attended special courses for the gifted.

After graduating from high school, Laurent attended the Technical University of Eindhoven . However, he dropped out at the age of nine shortly before his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering because his parents demanded that their son graduate before his tenth birthday. The previous record is with the American Michael Kearney , whom they wanted to surpass. The university said Laurent had a few more exams to take. He will continue his studies at a university in Israel , where he would like to study biotechnology , medicine and bioprocess engineering at the same time . His goal is to grow organs later.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Laurent Simons: Belgian child prodigy drops out of university , bbc.com , December 10, 2019, accessed on June 21, 2020 (English)
  2. ↑ Das wunderliche Kind , spiegel.de , July 21, 2018, accessed on June 21, 2020
  3. ↑ The eight-year-old has Abi in his pocket , zeit.de , July 11, 2018, accessed on June 21, 2020
  4. ↑ Zoff about child prodigy Laurent (9) - parents want him to finish his studies even earlier , mopo.de , November 12, 2019, accessed on June 21, 2020
  5. ↑ “Wunderkind” Laurent, 10, now wants to study three subjects in parallel , welt.de , February 5, 2020, accessed on June 21, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Simons, Laurent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian student
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 2009
PLACE OF BIRTH East End