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  1. www.findagrave.com › memorial › 19750232William James Sidis (1898-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial

    Find a Grave Memorial ID: 19750232. Sponsored by P. David Eastburn. Source citation. Linguist and Mathematician. Sidis, named for family friend, Prof. William James, was born to Boris and Sarah, who were intellectuals in their own right. There are many instances of William's profound and precocious genius as a young boy.

  2. www.nytimes.com › 1944/07/18 › archivesSIDIS, A 'WONDER' IN BOYHOOD, DIES ... - The New York Times

    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. View Full Article in ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_James_SidisWilliam James Sidis - Wikipedia

    The Tribes and the States ( c. 1935) 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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    • July 17, 1944 (aged 46), Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

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

    Boston Herald, May 3, 1919----- "Riot" = peaceful protest. Arrest 102 In Roxbury Boston Transcript, May 3, 1919 . Four Boston Radicals Get Prison Sentences New York Times, May 3, 1919 . Boston Rioters' Cases Disposed Of Bangor [Maine] Commercial, May 3, 1919 . Sidis Gets Year And Half In Jail Boston Herald, May 14, 1919.

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  6. medium.com › lessons-from-history › the-tragedy-of-aThe Tragedy of a Math Guy Who Spoke 25 Languages and Was ...

    Feb 12, 2023 · Boston Herald started the report about Sidis’s court case in 1919: “William James Sidis, who was graduated from Harvard at the age of 15, told Judge Albert F. Hayden in the Roxbury Municipal ...

  7. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org › william-sidisWilliam Sidis - Jewish Virtual Library

    William James Sidis was born to Jewish Ukrainian immigrants on April 1, 1898, in New York City. His father, Boris Sidis, Ph.D., M.D., had emigrated in 1887 to escape political persecution. His mother, Sarah (Mandelbaum) Sidis, M.D., and her family had fled the pogroms in 1889. Sarah attended Boston University and graduated from its School of ...

  8. medium.com › lessons-from-history › the-tragic-storyThe Tragic Story of the Smartest Man in History | by The ...

    Jan 18, 2024 · In a world that celebrates genius, the story of William James Sidis unfolds a different narrative. His IQ, estimated between 250 and 300, eclipses even Einstein’s reputed 200. Hailed as the ...