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  1. Advertisement. William James Sidis. Birth. 1 Apr 1898. Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA. Death. 17 Jul 1944 (aged 46) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Burial. Harmony Grove Cemetery. Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA Add to Map. Plot. Harmony Grove 791 P. Memorial ID. 19750232. · View Source. Suggest Edits.

  2. 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 ...

    • A True Child Prodigy
    • The Unparalleled IQ of William James Sidis
    • The World’S Smartest Person Goes Out Not with A Bang, But with A Whimper

    When William James Sidis was just 18 months old, he was able to read The New York Times. By the time he was 6 years old, he could speak in multiple languages, including English, French, German, Russian, Hebrew, Turkish, and Armenian. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, Sidis also invented his own language as a child (though it’s unclear if he ever...

    Much speculation has been made over the years about William Sidis’ IQ. Any records of his IQ testing have been lost to time, so modern-day historians are forced to estimate. For context, 100 is considered an average IQ score, while below 70 is often viewed as substandard. Anything above 130 is considered gifted or very advanced. Some historical IQs...

    William Sidis briefly courted controversywhen he was arrested at a Boston May Day Socialist March in 1919. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for rioting and assaulting a police officer, but he had actually done neither. That said, Sidis was determined to live in quiet solitude after his brush with the law. He took on a series of menial jobs, ...

  3. He died on 17 July 1944, in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. More. Photos and Memories (10) +5. View All. Do you know William James? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share?

  4. Jan 23, 2011 · Born in Boston in 1898, William James Sidis made the headlines in the early 20th century as a child prodigy with an amazing intellect. His IQ was estimated to be 50 to 100 points higher than ...

  5. Jun 9, 2022 · Only forty-six years had elapsed along the arrow of time when William James Sidis undulated from the animate to the inanimate, his uncommon mind thrust into a coma by a brain hemorrhage, then extinguished.

  6. Aug 9, 2021 · In 1909 and 1910 one could scarcely pick up a newspaper that had not carried stories of the incredible mental exploits of William James Sidis, the 11-year-old son of a Harvard psychology professor.

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