Carolus Linnaeus was born on May 23, 1707 in the small Swedish village of Råshult. He is the son of Nils Ingemarsson Linnaeus and Christina Brodersonia. His father, Nils, was a church minister and amateur botanist. He taught his son a lot about botany when he was young, leading to him dedicating his life to it. As he grew, so did his interest in plants and wildlife. When he was 7 years old, his father noticed that he was very talented and hired him a tutor. Despite the tutor being a professional, his studies bored Carl. When he was 10 years old, he started school. He was not a bad student, but he was not very good. Although he was smart, he did not excel in the most required courses. Fortunately, one of his teachers, Johan Rothman, who was
For the first eleven years of his life, Clerc was not sent to school. At the
Charles Darwin was born February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. He sailed on the HMS Beagle in 1831. He knew he was going to the Galapagos, but he didn't know that he would discover the theory of evolution.
- He was often late for school because he got distracted by the amazing animals
He starts reading about scientist discoveries. He also gains curiosity about the natural world. He becomes interested in the desire of knowledge. Which leads him at the age of 17; he becomes a student at the University of Ingolstadt for his desire of knowledge.
Also as a child, he loved nature, and astronomy. In school he was frequently inattentive at private school. His father decided to pull him out at the age of 12. He was homeschooled taught by his Aunt, Father, and private tutors. His Aunt was greatly influenced by Robert G. Ingersoll, while his father was influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Explain: Up until Eric was 12 years old he found school an exercise in frustration and anxiety. In the 6th grade he met teacher Hank Wilson. Wilson worked with Eric and gave him special exercises and demonstrated to Eric that he had an aptitude for learning. When
Gregor Mendel was born in Heinzendorf, Austria on July 22, 1822 to the parents of Rosine and Anton Mendel. Gregor grew up on his families farm until he reached age 11 when a schoolmaster was impressed with his determination for learning and suggested that he should be sent off to secondary school in Troppau. The move all the way from Austria to Troppau was very money straining for the family, but well worth it in the end. In 1840, Gregor graduated from the school with honors. In 1843, he went aganist his fathers orders and decided to become a monk, until he worked so hard that he physically became ill. Due to his illness he was sent to the University of Vienna to expand his studies in science.
was born on December 16,1770, at 20 Bongosy in the glorious city Bonn, Germany. His dad
He was a very hard worker, chopping logs and helping his father around their land. He also became a hard worker at school when him and his step sister started going. He went as far as making himself a work board to do out problems for himself. After that he developed a love of reading, and did it a lot. One of his favorite books was about the life of George Washington.
Isaac proved that he was smart very early in life. By age five he could read and speak two languages, English and Yiddish. (“IMDb” Web.) He was placed on the advanced track in school and graduated high school at age fifteen. By age eighteen, he had sold his first story “Marooned off Vesta” to be
When he was in school he was very smart, “So we fought this curse. We tried to forget our lessons, but we always remembered.” He was very good at science and wanted
Christiaan Huygens was born on April 14, 1629. He was born in the Hague, the Netherlands (Kusky par. 1). He was born the second son of Constantijn Huygens. Constantijn Huygens was secretary to the princes of Orange, a friend of Rene Descartes and a many
Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury England at about the same hour as Abraham Lincoln. He was born to a successful family, his father was a doctor and his grandfather was a famous biologist. Darwin was not a great student and he decided to become a clergy so he transferred to Cambridge University. Instead of becoming cleargy Darwin decided to study geology.
Lewis Carroll was born on January 27, 1832, as Charles Lutwidge Dodgson to a family of workers in the army and Church (and a whole family full of Charles’). His great-grandfather, also Charles Dodgson, had been a bishop. His grandfather, another Charles Dodgson, had been an army captain and ended up being killed in battle, leaving two children behind. The elder son, Charles, went to Westminster and then Oxford. This Charles married his cousin in 1827 and became a country parson.
By the age of ten he becomes so fascinated by the world of science he self-educates himself to learn as much as possible. Albert then went to a secondary school in Switzerland. Albert felt that the academics and education were not satisfying enough so he started cutting his classes and used all his free time to learn about physics. He had learned