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Maybe not admirals and generals, but perhaps captains or field officers. Eg Peter Noel Wylie-Buckwell.[0] From the Civil War era there's Arthur MacArthur Jr who

Maybe not admirals and generals, but perhaps captains or field officers. Eg Peter Noel Wylie-Buckwell.[0] From the Civil War era there's Arthur MacArthur Jr who made Captain by the age of 21. If you were to count brevetted ranks then he was Lieutenant Colonel at 19.[1] [0] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55967860/peter-noel_wylie-buckwell#source https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55967860/peter-noel_wyli... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_MacArthur_Jr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_MacArthur_Jr.

sneakernets 7y ago
I think we need to draw a line in the sand though and say fast, forced development doesn't work on humans as well as some imply it does. You cannot make the brain "grow faster"; that's not how humans work.
- saltyfamiliar 7y ago
  You can influence the shape in which a young brain grows much more easily and to a deeper extent than you can a mature brain. The neural systems one develops during adolescence will determine a lot of their psychological traits and the course of their life.
jotm 7y ago
OK but what is your and OPs point? For every "teen" Captain there were like thousands of privates, not to mention farmers, deck hands, apprentices, other workers. And their offspring are the majority...
- yters 7y ago
  'teenager' is a modern construct, probably to limit the labor market.
peteretep 7y ago
> Arthur MacArthur Jr who made Captain by the age of 21 That's definitely young, but the average age of a Captain in the US military today is 27, and you can be one as early as 25.