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George Bidder, a mental calculator, as a boy
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| Caption | George Bidder, a mental calculator, as a boy. Aquatint by H Meyer, 1817, after W Waite. The sitter was from a poor background and uneducated; upon discovering his mental attribute his father exhibited him all over the country until he was fifteen. At this point Sir Henry Jardine raised funds for his education and in 1819 he entered the University of Edinburgh; here he became friends with Robert Stephenson, and went on to become a great engineer and entrepreneur. See Steven B Smith, 'The Great Mental Calculators', pp 211–220, 1983. Created 20 August 1817. Gifted children. Mental calculators. George Parker Bidder (1806–1878). Contributors: W Waite; Henry Hoppner Meyer (1783–1847). Work ID: j2yfz6er. |
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| Creator | see caption |
| Artwork medium | aquatint with etching and stipple |
| Credit | Wellcome Collection |
| Terms of use | Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) |
| Search stock images by keyword | George Bidder mental calculator boy Portrait Aquatints Waite Henry Hoppner Meyer W Waite |
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