In this video we explore the original ranking of 100 historical geniuses by their estimated intelligence quotent (IQ) as per studies made by expert psychologists Catherine Cox Miles and Lewis Madison Terman, published in 1926 under the title "Genetic Studies of Genius: The Early Mental Traits of Three Hundred Geniuses", based on Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale.

How did some of the most brilliant people in history measure up in terms of intelligence? This is a question that has fascinated researchers for decades. One of the most influential studies on this topic was conducted by Catherine Cox Miles and Lewis Madison Terman, two pioneers in the field of psychology and intelligence testing.

In the 1920s, Cox and Terman led a team of Stanford psychologists with a mission to estimate the IQ scores of 300 historical geniuses who lived between 1450 and 1850. They did this by carefully reviewing 1,500 biographies and evaluating each genius's life achievements and childhood abilities using the Stanford-Binet Scale, which Terman helped develop. Cox's study not only provided a ranking of historical geniuses by intelligence, but also shed light on the complex relationship between intelligence and achievement.

In this video, we present a carefully curated list of 100 historical geniuses, drawn from Cox's original study, published in 1926.