William James Sidis (1898–1944) was an American child prodigy with exceptional mathematical abilities. He could read New York Times at 18 months had reportedly taught himself eight languages: Latin, Greek, French, Russian, German, Hebrew, Turkish, and Armenian. He set a record by becoming the youngest person to enroll at Harvard University. Later, he enrolled at the Harvard Law School but withdrew. He received a patent for a rotary perpetual calendar that took into account leap years.

Sidis obsessively collected streetcar transfers, self-published periodicals, and taught small circles of interested friends his version of American history. He wrote on cosmology, and American Indian history. He was a teaching assistant for a short time, and descended into obscurity before his death at 46.

ASPECT       POINTS                      

Science           2           Child prodigy

Law                 1            Partial Law School        

Medicine         0                                                 

Business         0                   

Philosophy      0                                 

Art                   2          Writer

Travel              1          Multiple languages      

Sports             1          Collector     

Beauty            1          Eccentric behavior  

Family             0          Never married, no children

Fame              1                        

Civic                0        

Career            0                        

Wealth            0                  

Leader            0                     

Humanity        1          Anti-war protestor

 TOTAL         10          Humanist