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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 December 2024. American child prodigy (1898–1944) William James Sidis Sidis at his Harvard graduation (1914) Born (1898-04-01) April 1, 1898 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Died July 17, 1944 (1944-07-17) (aged 46) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Other names John W. Shattuck Frank Folupa Parker Greene Jacob ...
A likely origin for the "10% myth" is the reserve energy theories of Harvard psychologists William James and Boris Sidis.In the 1890s, they tested the theory in the accelerated raising of the child prodigy William Sidis.
Christopher Michael Langan (born March 25, 1952) is an American horse rancher and former bar bouncer, known for scoring highly on an IQ test that gained him entry to a high IQ society, and for being formerly listed in the Guinness Book of Records high IQ section under the pseudonym of Eric Hart, alongside Marilyn vos Savant and Keith Raniere.
His score was the very highest that had ever been obtained. In terms of I.Q., the psychologist related that the figure would be between 250 and 300. Late in life William Sidis took general intelligence tests for Civil Service positions in New York and Boston. His phenomenal ratings are matter of record."--Jagz 15:47, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
A fact from William James Sidis appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 April 2004. The text of the entry was as follows: The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know ... that William James Sidis , an eccentric—and once world-famous— genius , entered Harvard University in 1909 at the age of 12?
Boris Sidis (/ ˈ s aɪ d ɪ s /; October 12, 1867 – October 24, 1923) was a Ukrainian-American psychopathologist, psychologist, physician, psychiatrist, and philosopher of education. Sidis founded the New York State Psychopathic Institute and the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. He was the father of child prodigy William James Sidis.
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