Calculating Prodigy Can Count On Moretonian Votes

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He might not be as famous as Mozart, born 250 years ago this year, but the Devon town of Moretonhampstead is this year celebrating the 200th anniversary birth of its own child prodigy.

George Parker Bidder, the calculating genius, will certainly be considered a candidate for Greatest Ever Devonian in his home town. At the age of eight - when Mozart was composing his first symphony - Bidder was able to calculate in his head the square root of 119,550,669,121, and come up with the correct answer of 345,761, in just 30 seconds. The young Bidder's ability to compute like a calculator made him a celebrity in his home town before he was out of short trousers.

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Calculating Prodigy Can Count On Moretonian Votes

His father William, a stonemason, realised the earning potential in his number-crunching son, and hauled him r...

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