![]() The recitation, at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford, set a European record. The same year, on March 14, Tammet came to public attention when he recited the mathematical constant Pi (3.141.) from memory to 22,514 decimal places in 5 hours, 9 minutes, without error. In 2004, Tammet was finally able to put a name to his difference when he was diagnosed with high-functioning autistic savant syndrome by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen at Cambridge University's Autism Research Centre. It was named a member of the UK's 'National Grid for Learning' in 2006. In 2002 he launched the online language learning company Optimnem. In 1998 Tammet took up a volunteer English teaching post in Kaunas, Lithuania, returning to London the following year. ![]() He matriculated in 1995 and completed his Advanced level studies (in French, German, and History) two years later. At secondary school he was twice named Student of the Year. He won the town's 'Eager Reader' prize at the age of eleven. ![]() ![]() His learning was enriched by an early passion for reading. Both became full-time parents.ĭespite early childhood epileptic seizures and atypical behaviour, Tammet received a standard education at local schools. His mother had worked as a secretarial assistant his father was employed at a sheet metal factory. Daniel Tammet FRSA was born in a working-class suburb of London, England, on 31 January 1979, the eldest of nine children. ![]()
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