Ainan Celeste Cawley - Wikipedia

Ainan Celeste
Cawley
Ainan Celeste Cawley (born 23 November 1999) is a Singaporean 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 518 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, 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]
According to his parents, Valentine Cawley and Syahidah Osman, Cawley could walk at six
months old and construct complex sentences by his first birthday, [12] and had said his first word
when he was two weeks old. [13]

See also
List of child prodigies
List of child music prodigies
Intellectual giftedness
References
1. Bertrand, Natasha (27 February 2015). "The 40 smartest people of all time" (https://www.businessinsider.
com/the-40-smartest-people-of-all-time-2015-2) . Business Insider. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
2. Cawley, Valentine (19 November 2006). "Is Six Year Old Child Prodigy, Ainan Celeste Cawley, The World's
Youngest Science Teacher?" (http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/11/prweb480311.htm) . Cision.
Retrieved 28 November 2018.
3. Barham, James. "The World's 50 Smartest Teenagers" (https://thebestschools.org/features/worlds-50-s
martest-teenagers/) . The Best Schools. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
4. "Half-Irish prodigy, 8, secures college place" (https://web.archive.org/web/20190701114842/https://ww
w.irishexaminer.com/ireland/half-irish-prodigy-8-secures-college-place-63192.html) . Irish Examiner. 20
May 2008. Archived from the original (https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/half-irish-prodigy-8-secure
s-college-place-63192.html) on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
5. Cawley, Ainan (26 January 2009). "Nine-year-old prodigy is 'world's cleverest child' " (https://www.telegrap
h.co.uk/news/uknews/4342883/Nine-year-old-prodigy-is-worlds-cleverest-child.html) . The Telegraph.
Retrieved 28 November 2018.
6. Buckley, Dan (4 January 2014). "Irish child prodigy puts talent to use for typhoon charity" (https://www.iris
hexaminer.com/ireland/irish-child-prodigy-puts-talent-to-use-for-typhoon-charity-254202.html) . Irish
Examiner. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
7. "Father frustrated by 'lack of support' for son's talent" (https://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/
A1Story20090804-159118.html) . www.asiaone.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
8. "The World's Cleverest Child and Me" (https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/world-cleverest-child-me/) .
2009. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
9. Migration (2 April 2013). "My child is a prodigy | The Straits Times" (https://www.straitstimes.com/singap
ore/my-child-is-a-prodigy) . www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
10. News, Taiwan (6 January 2010). "Prodigy moves to Malaysia from 'rigid' Singapore | Taiwan News | 2010-
01-06 12:26:45" (https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/1148677) . Taiwan News. Retrieved
25 January 2022.

11. "Child prodigy quits 'rigid' Singapore for Malaysia" (https://web.archive.org/web/20181128210912/http
s://asiancorrespondent.com/2010/01/prodigy-moves-to-malaysia-from-rigid-singapore/) . Asian
Correspondent. 6 January 2010. Archived from the original (https://asiancorrespondent.com/2010/01/pr
odigy-moves-to-malaysia-from-rigid-singapore/) on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
12. Frean, Alexandra (10 November 2007). "Can the child prodigy work out if he should go to university aged
7?" (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/can-the-child-prodigy-work-out-if-he-should-go-to-university-aged-
7-qd6b35gph3p) . The Times UK. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
13. Yeoh, O. C. (2 November 2014). "GIFTED CHILDREN: Young achievers, high expectations" (https://www.ns
t.com.my/news/2015/09/gifted-children-young-achievers-high-expectations) . New Straits Times.
Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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