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  1. 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). He wrote the book The Animate and the ...

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  2. Abraham Sperling, Ph.D. In Psychology for the Millions, F. Fell, 1946, 332-339. William James Sidis was a genius. He was by far the most precocious intellectual child of his generation. His death in 1944 as an undistinguished figure was made the occasion for reawakening the old wives tales about nervous breakdowns, burned out prodigies and ...

  3. Jun 26, 1986 · William James Sidis (1898-1944) was born to a psychologist with some unorthodox ideas about child rearing, attended Harvard at an absurdly young age, burned out at 14, and spent most of the rest of his life working menial jobs and living in poverty.

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  4. Apr 8, 2023 · William James Sidis, the Man who Knew Everything. by Robbie Mitchell April 8, 2023. 2. In the early 20th century, a child prodigy captured the world’s attention with his exceptional intellect and early accomplishments. His name was William James Sidis, and his remarkable abilities in various fields of study, including mathematics, language ...

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  5. William James Sidis was born on April 1, 1898 in Manhattan, New York City to Boris Sidis, a psychologist, physician, psychiatrist, and philosopher of education, and Sarah Mandelbaum, a Boston University School of Medicine graduate. Both his parents were Jewish emigrants from Ukraine; while Boris had emigrated in 1887 to escape political and ...

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  7. Aug 9, 2021 · In 1909 and 1910 one could scarcely pick up a newspaper that had not carried stories of the incredible mental exploits of William James Sidis, the 11-year-old son of a Harvard psychology professor.

  8. May 26, 2021 · William James Sidis Is Likely the Smartest Man to Have Ever Lived. William "Billy" Sidis was the son of two Ukrainian Jews, Sarah and Boris, who insisted that everything Billy did, he did in pursuit of knowledge. Wikimedia/ (CC BY-SA 2.0) When William (Billy) Sidis was barely 3 years old, the story goes, he taught himself a language: Latin. By ...

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