Born in 1898, William James Sidis was reading the NY Times at 18 months, entered Harvard at 11, and mastered over 40 languages. But the pressures of fame led him to abandon academia for a quiet life. A legend who defied imagination. #ChildProdigy #Genius #Harvard #Linguistics #History #Biography | Keys DAN

624K views · 1.7K reactions | William James Sidis wrote several books and many treatises that are still read by scientists. He enrolled at Harvard at the age of 11 and graduated cum laude at 16. But he never achieved fame—in fact, he fought hard to avoid it, taking on menial tasks and living on $23 a week. This is his sad story. | Sunday Roast | Facebook