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1. • • 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 Albert Einstein's. He could read the New York Times before he was 2.
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   Who was William James Sidis?

   • 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).

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   What happened to William & Sidis?

   • William did not live long after that; in the following July his landlady telephoned the police after discovering him unconscious in his Boston apartment. Forty-six year old Sidis had suffered a massive stroke, and he never again regained consciousness.

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   Why was William Sidis arrested?

   • William Sidis briefly courted controversy when 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.

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   How did William James Sidis develop?

   • Under the tutelage of these ingenious yet neurotic parents, young William James Sidis developed into an individual with astonishing talents. Boris and Sarah began their child’s education in his first few months, and William’s infant mind absorbed the information at an extraordinary rate.

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3. www.sidis.net › herald1919Boston Herald, May 4,1919 - Sidis

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   William James Sidis, who was graduated from Harvard at the age of 15, told Judge Albert F. Hayden in the Roxbury Municipal Court yesterday that he is a Socialist, a believer in the soviet form of government, that he believed in evolution, that he does not believe in a god, that his god is evolution, and that he believes in our form of ...

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   He granted an interview to a reporter from the Boston Herald. The paper reported Sidis' vows to remain celibate and never to marry, as he said women did not appeal to him. Later he developed a strong affection for Martha Foley , and enrolled at Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences .

   • Other names: John W. Shattuck, Frank Folupa, Parker Greene, Jacob Marmor
   • Died: July 17, 1944 (aged 46), Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

   • Born: April 1, 1898, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.

5. www.sidis.net › BioWilliamJamesSidisBio of William Sidis

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   Fragment from Boston Sunday Herald ----- Bruce, Harold Addington The Riddle of Personality . NY: Moffat Yard, 1915, 88-93 Bruce offers a 'bending the twig' theory of education. ----- ----- 'Nerves' and Experts On What To Eat: Dr. Boris Sidis Considers Abnormal Psychology Exaggerated Heredity Boston Herald, March 24, 1917

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6. www.sidis.net › newspapersFact Check: Newspaper and Magazine Articles about - sidis.net

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   Boston Traveler, July 19, 1944. "...rebellion against being pushed ahead..." "...unwise pushing..." "...victim of experiment..." See "The Sidis Story," Chapter 5, written by his mother Dr. Sarah Sidis. His parents simply provided him with the books.

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   Jan 23, 2011 · A Child Prodigy. 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...

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   Aug 14, 2022 · William Sidis briefly courted controversy when 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.

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   Nov 7, 2006 · William’s thirst for knowledge never went unquenched, and by his first birthday⁠— an age when most children are still babbling⁠— he was honing his spelling skills. At one and a half years of age, he was reading the daily newspaper. As William approached his fifth birthday, his spectacular abilities began to draw the attention of the press.