At an age when many students are just beginning university, Nathan Thomas had already stepped into the classroom as a college professor.
The Florida native earned a place in the Guinness World Records after becoming the world's youngest male professor at just 18 years and 346 days old, breaking a record that had stood for 306 years.
Thomas joined Miami Dade College as an engineering instructor, where he teaches students who are often close to his own age.
His remarkable academic journey, which began with enrolling in college at the age of 10, has now made him one of the youngest educators ever to teach at the higher education level.How Nathan Thomas became the world's youngest male professorNathan Thomas officially became the world's youngest male professor when he accepted an engineering teaching position at Miami Dade College at the age of 18 years and 346 days.
Guinness World Records confirmed that he surpassed the record previously held by Scottish mathematician Colin Maclaurin, who became a professor at the age of 19 in 1717.
