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William James Sidis (/ ˈ s aɪ d ɪ s /; 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).
- 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.
Jan 20, 2021 · 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.
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...
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Aug 14, 2022 · William James Sidis was a child prodigy admitted to Harvard at just 11 years old — but life would not turn out as expected for the world's smartest man. Despite his superior intelligence, William James Sidis never found the same success as other legendary geniuses.
May 26, 2021 · The son of two Ukrainian Jews who emigrated to America in the late 1800s, William James Sidis was born in New York on April Fool's Day 1898. He was named after one of his father's friends and colleagues, the philosopher William James, who originated the idea of a "stream of thought."
Apr 8, 2023 · William James Sidis is considered the smartest man who ever lived, with an IQ of 300. His theories baffle us today, but did this genius see something we don’t?
Jun 9, 2022 · William James Sidis. Two decades before the pioneering X-ray crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale — another of the rares — was imprisoned as conscientious objector to the Second World War, William James Sidis was arrested for objecting to the First.
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