6 Lebanese Geniuses That Make Us Proud
On March 14th of 1879, quantum physicist and all-around genius Albert Einstein came to the world. Sixty-three years later, British theoretician and cosmologist Stephen Hawking was born.
So, we found it fitting to bring to you today 6 Lebanese geniuses that have graced the world with their intellect and talent; the newest youngest included.
#1 Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah
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Born August 1894 in Nabatieh, South of Lebanon, Al-Sabbah was an electronics' research engineer, inventor, and mathematician of high caliber who studied and taught at the American University of Beirut (AUB).
He later enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States where he engaged in mathematical and experimental research. He went on to teach mathematics at MIT as well as at the Imperial College of Damascus in Syria.
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Al-Sabbah has over 40 patents in his name. Not only did he discover the processes of nuclear fission, but he was also the first to invent a television powered by sunlight.
It is even speculated that Al-Sabbah and Tesla, not Edison, were the fathers of modern electricity.
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The ingenuity of Al-Sabbah was so remarkable at such a young age that he was dubbed as “the youngest genius of the Electrical Association."
After having worked with Al-Sabbah, the principal inventor and designer of the GPS, Roger Lee Easton, had this to say about him: “Sabbah was the only one who dared discuss, criticize, and clarify Einstein theory on general relativity… .”
#2 Michel Temer
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Born to lower-class Lebanese immigrants to Brazil, Michel Temer was the youngest of eight siblings and had a difficult life story from the very beginning.
Like many first-generation immigrants, the Temers took to labor work, setting up a small farm and shop in a small town in the state of São Paulo. With such a large family, the older siblings had to quit school and work to contribute their support.
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Intelligence was such a marker of the family that, despite lacking years of formal education, the oldest brother ran away in his mid-teens and made it through the exams of medical school. Unfortunately, his dreams had to be cut short by the family summoning him back to help raise the younger ones.
The pressure born of the sacrifice of his oldest brother pushed Michel Temer to study hard at university and get involved in university politics.
A talented graduate, he began working in the legal field. By 1983, he had ascended to the position of attorney general of São Paulo to be then appointed the following year Secretary of Public Security for the city.
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By then, Temer had become a renowned expert and mastermind in Constitutional Law. He played a major role in rebuilding Brazil's democracy upon the fall of the military regime. After two decades of work in politics, Temer was called upon to play his most prominent role yet: The Vice President of Brazil.
#3 Gibran Khalil Gibran