GEORGIA BROWN (CHILD PRODIGY)

'Georgia Brown' (born August 2004) is a British child prodigy whose IQ score at the age of two is recorded as 152 according to the standard Stanford-Binet intelligence scale test. She is one of only 30 Mensa members under the age of 10, as well as the youngest current member of the organization.

Contents

Family

Prodigy evidences

Mensa member

See also

References

Family

Georgia Brown was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, Southern England to Martin Brown, a self-employed carpenter, and Lucy, chief executive of the charity Disability Initiative. She is the youngest of five children. Her eldest brother, Ben, is 24 years old and works as a civil servant. Mensa unveils its latest genius - aged two Stephen McGinty

Prodigy evidences

Her intelligence was evidenced from early days. She was crawling at five months and walking at nine months. By 14 months, she was getting dressed on her own. She began to speak very early and by 18 months could produce a proper conversation. Two-year-old 'Matilda' becomes youngest ever girl in Mensa Duncan Robertson Her parents soon recognized their daughter's extraordinary talent. On an occasion after watching ''Beauty and the Beast'', Georgia, with her incredibly fast development in vocabulary, used the words "mean" and "arrogant" in commenting on the character Gaston, which astounded her family. Two-year-old becomes Mensa member At the age of 2 she could count to 10 and differentiate between pink and purple, an ability most children gain at primary school age, and even start to dabble with a little French. Two-year-old joins Mensa, becomes its youngest ever genius
It was Georgia's fast progress at nursery that stimulated her parents to think about her future education. After several consultations, her mother Lucy contacted Professor Joan Freeman, an eminent educational psychologist from Middlesex University, for advice. Girl, 2, becomes member of Mensa Professor Freeman applied the standard Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale test to Georgia. To her amazement, the little girl gained an impressive score of 152, which puts her in the top 0.2 per cent, or one in 500, of the most intelligent people. People with average IQ would score approximately 100 points with the same test.
According to Professor Freeman, the test is too limited to measure Georgia's true creative ability:
In another test requested by Prof Freeman, the toddler’s concentration is shown remarkably surprising. She is able to draw a circle perfectly, which points out her physical ability to hold the pen well and understanding of the concept of a circle.

Mensa member

Georgia was confirmed a Mensa member when she was 2 years and 10 months, thus making her currently the youngest member of Mensa and the youngest female member ever in the organization's history. The previous youngest current member was a three-year-old boy with an IQ of 137, who joined in 2005. Two-Year-Old British Girl Joins High IQ Club Mensa Nidhi Sharma Caroline Garbett, from Mensa, said Georgia was the youngest of an already select group:
However, the youngest-recorded member is credited to Ben Woods, who was 1035 days young when he joined in the 1990s while Georgia had reached the old age of 1041 days when her membership was confirmed. Mensa welcomes new youngest member …

See also

★ List of child prodigies

★ Intelligence Quotient

★ Genius

References