American engineer and educator, Nathan Thomas, has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the youngest male professor ever after breaking a record that had stood for more than three centuries.
Guinness World Records announced on its website on July 23, 2026, as seen by our correspondent on Wednesday, that Thomas set the record when he joined the faculty of Miami Dade College in August 2023 at the age of 18 years and 346 days.
When he walked into his first class to teach COP 2270: C for Engineers, most of his students were teenagers, just like him.
Thomas, who was born on September 9, 2004, succeeded Scottish mathematician Colin Maclaurin, who became a professor at the age of 19 in 1717 and held the record for 306 years.
Thomas was also 16 days younger than American
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