William James Sidis could read at 18 months and entered Harvard at 11, but his adult life stunned everyon

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William James Sidis had an off-the-charts IQ — but he died a penniless office clerk
BOY OF 10 ADDRESSES HARVARD TEACHERS; Young Sidis Kidnaps the Elusive Fourth Dimension and "Revolutionizes Geometry." PROPOUNDS NEW THEORIES After the Lecture the Learned Professors Crowd Round the Lad for Further Elucidation. (Pu
SIDIS COULD READ AT TWO YEARS OLD; Youngest Harvard Undergraduate Under Father's Scientific Forcing Process Almost from Birth. GOOD TYPEWRITER AT FOUR At 5 Composed Text Book on Anatomy, in Grammar School at 6, Then Studied German,
SIDIS, A 'WONDER' IN BOYHOOD, DIES; Graduate of Harvard at 16, He Later Sought Jobs Requiring Little Thinking RAN ADDING MACHINE HERE Returning to Boston He Taught for a Time in School Some Called 'Bolshevistic' (Published 1944)