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William James Sidis ( / ˈsaɪdɪs /; April 1, 1898 – July 17, 1944) was an American child prodigy with exceptional mathematical and linguistic skills, for which he was active as a mathematician, linguist, historian, and author (whose works were published covertly due to never using his real name). He wrote the book The Animate and the ...
- John W. Shattuck, Frank Folupa, Parker Greene, Jacob Marmor
- July 17, 1944 (aged 46), Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- April 1, 1898, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Aug 14, 2022 · William James Sidis spoke 25 languages and had an IQ 100 points higher than Albert Einstein's, but the smartest man in the world just wanted to live his life in seclusion. In 1898, the smartest man who ever lived was born in America. His name was William James Sidis and his IQ was eventually estimated to be between 250 and 300 (with 100 being ...
Jan 23, 2011 · Long before the 'Tiger Mother' phenomenon, a man named Boris Sidis was touting his child-rearing methods back around 1910. His son was William James Sidis, and to those who knew of him, he was ...
Jan 20, 2021 · The Tragic Story of William James Sidis. William James Sidis was a mathematical genius. With an IQ of 250 to 300, he was described by the Washington Post as a ‘ boy wonder ’. He read the New York Times at 18 months, wrote French poetry at 5 years old, and spoke 8 languages at 6 years old. At 9 years old, he passed the entry exam at Harvard ...
Nov 24, 2021 · Imagine having an IQ test score 50 points higher than Einstein. ... and his father Boris Sidis was a renowned psychologist who himself made remarkable contributions in the field of Psychopathology
Jan 11, 2024 · The average person’s IQ is between 90 and 109. People are considered geniuses if their IQ is over 140. ... Boris and Sarah Sidis (pronounced Sy-dis) were Jews who fled the Ukrainian pogroms in ...
Dec 10, 1999 · Sidis was born April 1, 1898, to Russian Jewish immigrants to the U.S. From the evidence, Boris and Sarah Sidis were brilliant but neurotic — always a dangerous combination in parents. Determined to raise their son as a genius, the Sidises read him Greek myths, taught him to spell using alphabet blocks, etc.
