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  2. William James Sidis - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Ten-percent-of-the-brain myth - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Talk:William James Sidis/Archive 1 - Wikipedia

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    The estimate of Sidis' IQ being between 250 and 300 seems to be based on hearsay: "There was no lessening of William Sidis' mental acuity. Helena Sidis told me that a few years before his death, her brother Bill took an intelligence test with a psychologist.

  5. Talk:William James Sidis - Wikipedia

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    an IQ of 100 have a frequency of 1:2, meaning that 1 in 2 persons will have a higher G-factor (generalized intelligence) than that individual. an IQ of 130 have a frequency of 1:50 (Mensa level) an IQ of 180 have a frequency of 1:20 million an IQ of 200 have a frequency of 1:75 billion an IQ of 210 have a frequency of 1:9 trillion

  6. List of child prodigies - Wikipedia

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    William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) published his first poem at the age of 10; at the age of 13 years, he published a book of political satire poems. [28]Winifred Sackville Stoner Jr. (1902–1983) learned to speak Esperanto as a five-year-old and since the age of six had written and submitted rhymes to newspapers and magazines.

  7. List of polyglots - Wikipedia

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    William James Sidis (1898–1944), American child prodigy. He knew English, German, Russian, French, Latin, Greek, Armenian, and Turkish. ... He spoke around twenty ...

  8. Boris Sidis - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Sidis - Wikipedia

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    Sidis may refer to: Boris Sidis (1867–1923), psychologist, psychiatrist, and psychopathologist, father of William James Sidis William James Sidis (1898–1944), eccentric genius and child prodigy, son of Boris