Daniel Tammet

Daniel Paul Tammet (born 31 January 1979, a Wednesday) is a British high-functioning autistic savant gifted with a facility for mathematical and natural language learning. He was born the first of nine children to middle-class parents in London. In his memoir, Born on a Blue Day, he talks of how... Read More

Daniel Paul Tammet (born 31 January 1979, a Wednesday) is a British high-functioning autistic savant gifted with a facility for mathematical and natural language learning. He was born the first of nine children to middle-class parents in London. In his memoir, Born on a Blue Day, he talks of how having epilepsy, synaesthesia, and Asperger Syndrome all deeply affected his childhood. See Less