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