William James Sidis

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As per our current Database, William James Sidis is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).

🎂 William James Sidis - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

Currently, William James Sidis is 126 years, 8 months and 17 days old. William James Sidis will celebrate 127rd birthday on a Tuesday 1st of April 2025. Below we countdown to William James Sidis upcoming birthday.

🌙 Zodiac

William James Sidis’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

William James Sidis was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.

About

Best remembered as a child mathematical prodigy, this New York man began attending Harvard University when he was just eleven years old. After teaching briefly at Rice University and being arrested for his participation in a 1919 socialist demonstration, he largely sank into obscurity.

Before Fame

When he was eight years old, he created a Greek and Latin-based language that he called "Vendergood" and was fluent in eight other languages, including French, Hebrew, Turkish, and Russian.

Trivia

In his later life, he became obsessed with streetcars and even coined a term, "peridromophile," to describe himself and others who were highly interested in public transportation systems.

Family Life

He and his sister were born in New York City to a family of Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants; their father was a prominent psychiatrist, and their mother was a physician. He died in his forties from a cerebral hemorrhage, the same medical event that had killed his father.

Associated With

He and composer Roger Sessions entered Harvard in the same year, both as part of a special university program that allowed child prodigies to begin their university studies early.

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