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Jan 20, 2021 · 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 University. Aged 11, he lectured at Harvard at the Mathematical Club.
Jan 23, 2011 · Harvard At 11 Years Old. Sidis was accepted to Harvard at age 9, but the school wanted him to wait until he was 11. Five years later, he graduated cum laude.
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Apr 8, 2023 · It became clear from an early age that Sidis was exceptionally gifted. He began reading at the age of two and learned Latin and Greek at the age of six (he would go on to also master French, German, Russian, Turkish, and Armenian). He was attending Harvard by the time he was 11: a child prodigy in every sense.
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BOSTON, July 17 -- William James Sidis, boy prodigy of thirty-five years ago, who was graduated from Harvard at the age of 16, died today in a hospital. His age was 46.
May 26, 2021 · By 1909, when he entered Harvard as an 11-year-old, he was a full-blown media sensation. For much of his young life, with a few gaps here and there, the press followed him closely, something that Billy came to loathe.
Nov 7, 2006 · At age nine William attempted to enroll at Harvard, and though the entrance exams were not a challenge for the young intellect, he was turned down on the basis that he was too “emotionally immature” for college life.
Jan 11, 2024 · William returned to obscurity. He was found dead of a cerebral hemorrhage by his landlady in his room in July of 1944. He was 46 years old. Conclusion ‘He had been made a laughing stock at Harvard.
