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William James Sidis

Forced into Intelligence

Sidis' Family Background

Sidis' parents were pretty smart, too. His father, Boris, was a famous psychologist, and his mother, Sarah, was a doctor.

His Death

His Accomplishments

At age 46, July 17, 1944, Sidis suffered an extreme stroke, which he never regained consciousness from. This was caused by a Intracerebral hemorrhage, a type of stroke caused by bleeding within brain tissue. Unfortunately, at about the same age, Sidis' father died of the same fate.

His Rare Abilities

His Area of Intelligence

William James Sidis was a mathmatical genius and by far the most reputable child, intellectually, of his generation. Based on Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Sidis is mostly logical and mathematically smart.

1.) able to manipulate numbers, quantities, and operations

2.) loves dealing with abstraction

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