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Great Achievements by Teenagers (view source)
Revision as of 22:46, February 1, 2009
, 22:46, February 1, 2009To clarify: this page celebrates teenages who've made "great achievements in the fields of art, culture, '''science''' and technology". Mason is right up there.
* '''16''' - Boy sailor Jack Cornwall, of HMS Chester, is awarded a [[posthumous]] [[VC]] for gallantry at the [[Battle of Jutland]].
* '''16''' - Boy sailor Jack Cornwall, of HMS Chester, is awarded a [[posthumous]] [[VC]] for gallantry at the [[Battle of Jutland]].
* '''16''' - [[Roger Mason]] discovered the first ever fossil of the [[Ediacaran]] period (630-542 million years ago), in Charnwood Forest, Leics, UK <ref>New Scientist, 14 April 2007, p.34, "Life's long fuse"</ref>. The fossil species is named ''Charnia masoni'', in recognition of his contribution to geology and evolutionary biology.
* '''16''' - [[Roger Mason]] discovered the first ever fossil of the [[Ediacaran]] period (630-542 million years ago), in Charnwood Forest, Leics, UK <ref>New Scientist, 14 April 2007, p.34, "Life's long fuse"</ref>. The fossil species is named ''Charnia masoni'', in recognition of his contribution to geology and evolutionary biology.
* '''16''' - the average age of 58 [[homeschooled]] teenagers who founded Conservapedia, so that the light of truth would continue to shine and darkness would not overcome it
* '''16''' - the average age of 58 [[homeschooled]] teenagers who founded Conservapedia, so that the light of truth would continue to shine and darkness would not overcome it.
* '''17''' - Cassie Bernall defended her [[faith]] in front of an [[atheistic]] gunman at the [[Columbine massacre]], and was martyred for it<ref>Two witnesses, Craig Scott and Joshua Lapp, confirmed a question-and-answer confrontation; others said Cassie was praying when murdered.[http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/cassie.htm]</ref>
* '''17''' - Cassie Bernall defended her [[faith]] in front of an [[atheistic]] gunman at the [[Columbine massacre]], and was martyred for it<ref>Two witnesses, Craig Scott and Joshua Lapp, confirmed a question-and-answer confrontation; others said Cassie was praying when murdered.[http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/cassie.htm]</ref>
* '''17*''' - [[Mary]] accepts [[God]]'s will to conceive [[Jesus]] by the [[Holy Spirit]], and gives birth nine months later.<ref>Mary's exact age is not known, but she was old enough to marry under Jewish law and was almost certainly a teenager.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464b.htm]</ref>
* '''17*''' - [[Mary]] accepts [[God]]'s will to conceive [[Jesus]] by the [[Holy Spirit]], and gives birth nine months later.<ref>Mary's exact age is not known, but she was old enough to marry under Jewish law and was almost certainly a teenager.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464b.htm]</ref>