Historians and others have argued about whether the strategic genius studied Greek military maneuvers, what species of elephant he travelled with, and if the pachyderms crossed the Rhône River on rafts or simply waded across it.
Mr. Kriegsmann, described by his son as an "egomaniacal genius," studied photography in Vienna before coming to New York in 1929 and setting up a studio on West 46th Street.
Before he was a singing high school student, Zac Efron was a boy genius studying to be a doctor.
The Dean of the Secret Order of Dirty Joke Writers appears from the shadows and leads the group into a large library, where the world's greatest geniuses study.
But in typical suburban New Jersey fashion, Susan Horn doesn't only teach English; she also teaches a six-week elective called "Genius" that studies geniuses like Picasso and Da Vinci.
Centuries ago, grit and systematic planning was a major theme of the archetypical American self-made genius, Benjamin Franklin .... Psychologistsstudying underwater space-simulation training of astronauts 30 years ago identified what they called a Teddy Roosevelt effect: those candidates who had been seriously ill as children had somehow developed more determination.
Jobim contributed the song's beautiful melody and unconventional harmonies, a result of Tom's genius and study of composers like Villa-Lobos, Debussy and Ravel.
Prince Albert inscribed (in German), a libretto for the oratorio Elijah in 1847: To the noble artist who, surrounded by the Baal-worship of false art, has been able, like a second Elijah, through genius and study, to remain true to the service of true art.
Since then, historians, scientists, federal officials and old friends have raced to tell Dr. Koval's story — the athlete, the guy everyone liked, the genius at technical studies.
His best essays on Andrew Lytle, a writer with the Agrarian movement, or on Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, the "cracked Kentucky genius" whose botanical studies were acknowledged by Darwin celebrate the overlooked, the underappreciated.
