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Nov 24, 2021 · William James Sidis. Source: The Sidis Archive/Wikimedia Commons Born in New York on April 1, 1898, to Russian immigrants, Sidis could easily read the newspaper when he was only 18 months old.
SIDIS GETS YEAR AND HALF IN JAIL. Boston Herald, Wednesday, May 14, 1919. Click to enlarge. Distortion of his likeness aside, this article contains some of his trial testimony. 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 ...
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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 .
- 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.
Sep 28, 2023 · William Sidis was born in 1898 in Boston, Massachusetts. And it didn't take long for some to notice that there was something very special about Sidis. Reportedly, he could speak multiple languages by the time he was only eight years old.
Aug 14, 2022 · Published August 14, 2022. Updated November 8, 2023. William James Sidis spoke 25 languages and had an IQ 100 points higher than Albert Einstein's, but the smartest man in the world just wanted to live his life in seclusion. In 1898, the smartest man who ever lived was born in America.
Jul 17, 2015 · David B. Green. Follow. Jul 17, 2015. On July 17, 1944, former child prodigy William Sidis died at 46. Sidis had become a celebrity when he entered Harvard College at age 11, and within a year was lecturing to the university mathematics club on the topic of “four-dimensional properties.”
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...
