William James Sidis was born April 1st 1898 and died July 17, 1944. A life long socialist and later, a confessed libertarian. Mr. Sidis was an American child prodigy who renounced his fame and fortune at a very young age. He would flee the overbearing personalities of his parents who were attempting to place William James (named after his godfather) in an insane asylum. The irony of the parents attempts stress the backwards thinking that accompanied the United States' perception of humanity in is earliest years during the 19th and 20th centurty, William James Sidis had an I.Q. bordering 300. The actual estimate was an I.Q. between 250-300. Regardless of the actual number, it is an alarming statistic when one compares the entrance to MENSA, which require at least a 160 scored I.Q. a "would be" member. Willaim would go on to write a countless number of volumes on Math, Philosophy, U.S. History, and even American Indian history. To say this young man, who graduated with a B.A. from Harvard at 16, lived a lonely life is an understatement. Born into affluence he had everything a child could wish for. Yet the material aspects of the "socialized" world interested him very little. Much of the trouble that he found with the law was directly related to his involvement in the Socialist Party. His histories on the U.S. and the original Native inhabitants are a timeless treasure that shows a mind driven to all that is humane and righteous.
Though labeled an outcast, his works will forever bear testament to the brilliance and love that exhorted from this true human of light.
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