| | *[[Augustin-Louis Cauchy]] (1789–1857), one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, was taught by his father during an 11-year retreat to the country to escape the [[French Revolution]]. His father "wrote his own textbooks, several of them in the fluent verse of which he was master. Verse, he believed, made grammar, history and, above all, morals less repulsive to the juvenile mind."<ref>E.T. Bell, "Men of Mathematics," 273 (1937).</ref><ref>http://james.fabpedigree.com/mathmen.htm#Cauchy</ref> | | *[[Augustin-Louis Cauchy]] (1789–1857), one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, was taught by his father during an 11-year retreat to the country to escape the [[French Revolution]]. His father "wrote his own textbooks, several of them in the fluent verse of which he was master. Verse, he believed, made grammar, history and, above all, morals less repulsive to the juvenile mind."<ref>E.T. Bell, "Men of Mathematics," 273 (1937).</ref><ref>http://james.fabpedigree.com/mathmen.htm#Cauchy</ref> |
| − | *Madison Cawthorn, the youngest [[congressman]] (R-NC) who was elected in a stunning upset shortly after he turned the age of 25 in 2020.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/24/politics/madison-cawthorn-north-carolina-congress/index.html</ref> | + | *Madison Cawthorn, the youngest [[congressman]] (R-NC) who was elected in a stunning upset shortly after he turned the age of 25 in 2020, defeating his [[Establishment]] and [[Trump]]-backed opponents in his primary by an astounding 2-1 landslide.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/24/politics/madison-cawthorn-north-carolina-congress/index.html</ref> |
| | *[[Pafnuty Chebyshev]] (1821–1894), one of the greatest Russian [[mathematician]]s, was homeschooled until college.<ref>http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Chebyshev.html</ref> | | *[[Pafnuty Chebyshev]] (1821–1894), one of the greatest Russian [[mathematician]]s, was homeschooled until college.<ref>http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Chebyshev.html</ref> |