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1898 births. 1944 deaths. Deaths from cerebral hemorrhage. Jewish people of the United States. Pacifists. Child prodigies. Inventors from the United States. Conscientious objectors. American people of Russian descent. Alumni of Harvard University. Polyglots. Births in Manhattan, New York City. Deaths in Boston. Multilingualism in the United States.
- Believed to Have Been The Smartest Human Being in History
- Creating His Own Language
- Rejected by Society
Sidis was incredibly brilliant. Albert Einstein had an IQ of 160, Sir Isaac Newton had an IQ of 190, and Mark Zuckerberg had an IQ of 152. These are the men we identify with intelligence. Sidis, on the other hand, was said to have an IQ of 250 to 300. Perhaps his sister exaggerated the reality when she saw his Civil Service exam. He was listed as 2...
The youngster also created his own language. He authored The Book of Vendergood when he was eight years old. Vendergood was a language with elements of Latin, Greek, German, and French. It also included grammar rules, tenses, and eight moods. In Vendergood, the numerals sounded like this: eis — one duet — two tre — three guar — four quin — five sex...
William was jailed in 1919, just a few years before his father died. Despite his attempts to live as a recluse, he was imprisoned. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison after taking part in a socialist May Day parade in Boston that turned violent. The rumour spread quickly: the acclaimed wunderkind was a violent socialist! His parents negotiated ...
Jun 9, 2022 · Jacob’s Dream by William Blake, 1805. (Available as a print, as stationery cards, and as a face mask.) 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.
Feb 12, 2023 · Soon after the proceedings, William James Sidis died at the age of 46. The cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage. Funnily enough, what killed William was the same condition that killed...
Jan 18, 2024 · William James Sidis’ entrance into Harvard University at the age of 11 marked a new chapter in his already remarkable life. His intellectual capabilities were not just about learning languages ...
William James Sidis (in the only image of him as an adult, taken for a Harvard class album) died in 1944 at the age of 46. Photograph courtesy of the Harvard University Archives
Sidis died in 1944 of a cerebral hemorrhage in Boston at the age of forty-six. His father had died of the same malady in 1923 at age fifty-six. Sources: Wikipedia, Larry Neal Gowdy, Was William James Sidis the Smartest Man on Earth? Photo: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia
