Early Life of Sheldon
Sheldon was raised in Galveston, Texas along with his elder brother and fraternal twin sister (Missy) by his mother, Mary Cooper, an overtly devout Evangelical Christian; and George Cooper, an alcoholic who was never around. Sheldon once got his dad fired when he told Mr. Hinckley, the store owner, George was stealing from the cash register. (Sheldon was rewarded with a fudgsicle) His grandpa was the only member of his family to have encouraged his work in science, whom he cherished and affectionately called "Pop-Pop" who expired when Sheldon was 5 years old. Pop-Pop's loss is what caused Sheldon to despise Christmas when his Christmas wish to bring Pop-Pop back didn't come true. Sheldon's closest relative is his maternal grandma who he affectionately calls "Meemaw" who in turn calls him "Moon Pie". His aunt also encouraged Sheldon by giving him medical equipment, "in case his work in physics failed, he'd have a 'trade' to fall back on".
From an initial age, Sheldon was attracted in physics, and was a child prodigy. Although due to his behavioral quirks and his absence of humility about his superior intellect, he was bullied by classmates and neighbors. Sheldon go in college at the age of eleven, and at age fourteen he graduated from college summa cum laude. From then, he worked on his doctorate, was a visiting professor at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, and was the youngest person at the time to receive the Stevenson Award. Sheldon is now a theoretical physicist doing research at Caltech.
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