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Kim Peek was an American mnemonist who was born in Salt Lake City on November 11, 1951. He spoke English and had a medical condition known as FG syndrome. Peek was also involved in acting.
He died of natural causes from a myocardial infarction in Murray on December 19, 2009.
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Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Superhuman: Genius — Self2008
- Brainman2005
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 22
- Total plays
- 85
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- HISAT: a fast spliced aligner with low memory requirements
· 2015 · cited 22,033x
- General atomic and molecular electronic structure system
· 1993 · cited 19,130x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,617x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,787x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,971x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Recognizing and respecting differences in others, and treating everyone like you want them to treat you, will help make our world a better place for everyone. Care... be your best. You don't have to be handicapped to be different. Everyone is different!”
- “Because no battle is ever won. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools. Be different!”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Laurence Kim Peek , ( 1951-11-11 ) November 11, 1951, Salt Lake City , Utah , U.S.
- Died
- December 19, 2009 (2009-12-19) (aged 58), Murray, Utah , U.S.
- Known for
- Megasavant
- Parent s
- Fran Peek, Jeanne W. Buchi
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951 – December 19, 2009) was an American savant. Known as a "megasavant", he had an exceptional memory and exceptional intelligence, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the character Raymond Babbitt in the 1988 movie Rain Man. Although Peek was previously diagnosed with autism, he is now thought to have had FG syndrome.
Early life, family and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kim Peek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.