Jacques Inaudi (October 15, 1867 - November 10, 1950) was an Italian calculating prodigy. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mental calculators are people with a prodigious ability in some area of Mental calculation, such as multiplying large numbers or factoring large numbers
He was born in Onorato, Piedmont, Italy. Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. As a child he was a sheepherder but showed aptitude for mental calculations. Inaudi's abilities attracted interest of showmen and he toured around the world.
French scientists like Jean-Martin Charcot investigated his abilities, French astronomer Camille Flammarion praised him in strong terms, and Alfred Binet wrote a book on him. Jean-Martin Charcot ( 29 November 1825 – 16 August 1893) was a French Neurologist and professor of Anatomical pathology Nicolas Camille Flammarion ( February 26 1842 &ndash June 3 1925) was a French Astronomer and author Alfred Binet ( July 8, 1857 &ndash October 18, 1911) French Psychologist and Inventor of the first usable Inaudi would repeat the numbers he was given before he began his mental calculations.