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William James Sidis (/ ˈ s aɪ d ɪ s /; 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.
- April 1, 1898, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
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 ...
Dec 6, 2013 · So, on April 1, 1898, Sarah gave birth to the couple’s first child, William James Sidis. Combining Boris and Sarah’s genes alone should have been enough to produce a very smart child, but they didn’t want merely a smart child. They wanted a genius. William’s education began in his very first days on Earth. Sarah quit her job practicing ...
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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.
May 26, 2021 · His IQ was thought to be 50 to 100 points higher than Albert Einstein's. William James Sidis was perhaps, as National Public Radio suggested in 2011, the smartest guy ever. "He's kind of an example that gets mentioned in a lot of textbooks and things in the field of gifted education," says Michael Matthews, a professor of gifted education at ...
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 ...
Jun 9, 2022 · Jacob’s Dream by William Blake, 1805. (Available as a print, as stationery cards, and as a face mask.) Only forty-six years had elapsed along the arrow of time when William James Sidis undulated from the animate to the inanimate, his uncommon mind thrust into a coma by a brain hemorrhage, then extinguished.
