At most gifted person on Earth IQ level was equal to 250-300 units

William James Sidis was born April 1, 1898 in New York. He was the son of Jewish immigrants, natives from Ukraine. His parents were outstanding experts in their fields: Boris Sidis taught psychology at Harvard University, and was one of the most significant US psychiatrists and psychologists of his time; Sarah graduated from the University of Medicine in Boston in 1897, but gave up her career to education, William.

Parents wanted to do WJ. Sidis genius, using its own methods of education, for which they were criticized. At the age of 18 months he was reading the newspaper "New York Times". At 6 years old William consciously became an atheist. Prior to his eighth birthday, he wrote four books. His IQ was estimated in the region of 250 to 300 (the highest recorded IQ of stories).

At age 11, WJ. Sidis went to Harvard. Knowledge Areas, which were the work Sidis include American history, cosmology and psychology. Sidis was a collector of railway tickets, and was immersed in the study of transport systems. Under the pseudonym "Frank Falupa" he wrote a treatise on train tickets, which identified ways of increasing the capacity of the transport network, which is only now beginning to find acceptance. In 1930 he received a patent for the permanent infinite calendar, which takes into account leap years.

Sidis knew 40 languages ​​(according to other sources - 200) and freely transferable from one to another. Sidis also created an artificial language, named them Vendergood in his second book entitled «Book of Vendergood», which he wrote at the age of eight years. Language is more often based on Latin and Greek, as it was based on the German, French and other Romance languages.

Sidis was socially passive. At a young age, he decided to abandon the lo * ca and devote his life to intellectual development. His interest is shown in a rather exotic forms. He wrote a study on an alternative history of the USA. Adult life, he worked as a simple accountant, wearing traditional rural clothing and fired from their jobs as soon detected his genius. Aiming to live quietly, he was hiding from journalists.

Sidis died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1944 at the age of 46 in Boston.

WJ. Sidis is estimated Some biographers as the most gifted person on earth. Here are highlights biography, gave rise to this opinion:

• William learned to write by the end of the first year of life.
• In the fourth year of his life, he read Homer in the original.
• In the six years studied Aristotelian logic.
• Between 4 and 8 years has written 4 books, including a monograph on the anatomy.
• In the seven years passed the exam at Harvard Medical School anatomy.
• For 8 years, William knew 8 languages - English, Latin, Greek, Russian, Hebrew, French, German, and another one, which he invented himself.
• In the mature life William was fluent in 40 languages, and allegedly some authors, this number reached 200 .
• In the 11 years Sidis attended Harvard University and was soon lecturing in math club at Harvard.
• He graduated from Harvard with honors in 16 years.
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