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

    Photo added by Orion. Advertisement. William James Sidis. Birth. 1 Apr 1898. Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA. Death. 17 Jul 1944 (aged 46) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Burial. Harmony Grove Cemetery. Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA Add to Map. Plot. Harmony Grove 791 P. Memorial ID. 19750232.

  2. 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).

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

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  4. www.nytimes.com › 1944/07/18 › archivesSIDIS, A 'WONDER' IN BOYHOOD, DIES; Graduate of Harvard at 16 ...

    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.

  5. www.learning-mind.com › william-james-sidisWilliam James Sidis: the Tragic Story of the Smartest Person ...

    Jan 20, 2021 · The Tragic Story of William James Sidis. 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. At 9 years old, he passed the entry exam at Harvard ...

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  7. www.damninteresting.com › the-rise-and-fall-ofThe Rise and Fall of William J. Sidis • Damn Interesting

    On a cold January evening in 1910, about a hundred professors and advanced math students gathered in a Harvard lecture hall to observe the eleven-year-old William Sidis’s first public speaking presentation. He spoke in a quiet, shy voice and had to stifle the occasional giggle, but his lecture on Four-Dimensional Bodies was very well received.

  8. 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 ...

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

    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 ...