Summary
Ainan Celeste Cawley (born 23 November 1999) is a Malaysian prodigy.[1]
Cawley gave his first public lecture at the age of six,[2][3] and at seven years and one month of age, he had passed the GCSE chemistry and studied chemistry at the tertiary level in Singapore Polytechnic[4] a year later. At the age of 9, he was able to recite pi to 521 decimal places and could remember the periodic table.[5] At the age of 12, he had scored his first film, which was premiered at the Vilnius International Film Festival and eventually, directed his own film.[6]
In 2007, Cawley studied at NUS High School of Math and Science, but left after expectations of his family were not met.[7]
In 2009, Cawley was featured in a Channel 4 documentary titled The World's Cleverest Child and Me.[8]
In 2010, his family moved to Kuala Lumpur, where Cawley is a student at the Taylor's University in Malaysia after his father's request to have his son homeschooled was rejected.[9][10][11]
As of 2013, he is pursuing his career in music.[12]
According to his parents, Valentine Cawley and Syahidah Osman, Cawley could walk at six months old and construct complex sentences by his first birthday,[13] and had said his first word when he was two weeks old.[14]
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- ^ Cawley, Valentine (19 November 2006). "Is Six Year Old Child Prodigy, Ainan Celeste Cawley, The World's Youngest Science Teacher?". Cision. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ Barham, James. "The World's 50 Smartest Teenagers". The Best Schools. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Half-Irish prodigy, 8, secures college place". Irish Examiner. 20 May 2008. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ Cawley, Ainan (26 January 2009). "Nine-year-old prodigy is 'world's cleverest child'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ Buckley, Dan (4 January 2014). "Irish child prodigy puts talent to use for typhoon charity". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Father frustrated by 'lack of support' for son's talent". www.asiaone.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "The World's Cleverest Child and Me". 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ Migration (2 April 2013). "My child is a prodigy | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Prodigy moves to Malaysia from 'rigid' Singapore | Taiwan News | 2010-01-06 12:26:45". Taiwan News. 6 January 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Child prodigy quits 'rigid' Singapore for Malaysia". Asian Correspondent. 6 January 2010. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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- ^ Frean, Alexandra (10 November 2007). "Can the child prodigy work out if he should go to university aged 7?". The Times UK. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ Yeoh, O. C. (2 November 2014). "GIFTED CHILDREN: Young achievers, high expectations". New Straits Times. Retrieved 28 November 2018.