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The minister's son is relatively rare in numbers (less than one in many tens of thousands), yet extraordinarily productive in accomplishment.
Some examples of minister's sons are:
- Niels Abel, one of the greatest mathematicians, son of a Norwegian pastor.
- Leonhard Euler, the most prolific mathematician ever, son of a Calvinist pastor.
- William Hamilton, the greatest-ever Irish mathematician and biggest contributor of mathematics to physics since Newton, raised by his uncle the Reverend James Hamilton.
- Isaac Newton, the greatest physicist, stepson of Anglican minister.
- Robert Noyce, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, son of a Congregational minister.
- Bernhard Riemann, the most brilliant modern mathematician, son of a Lutheran pastor.
Achievement is even higher among children of missionaries. According to the organization called "Worldwide Challenge":
| “ | In a study listed in Who's Who, it took 5,000 Presbyterian ministers to produce one child listed in Who's Who. Among lawyers the ratio was 5,000 to 1; dentists 2,500 to 1. But for every seven Christian missionary families from the United States, one of their children would be listed in Who's Who.[1] | ” |