Boris Sidis
Psychologist, Author
1867 – 1923
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Who was Boris Sidis?
Boris Sidis, Ph.D., M.D. was a Russian American psychologist, physician, psychiatrist, and philosopher of education. Sidis founded the New York State Psychopathic Institute and the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. He was the father of child prodigy William James Sidis. Boris Sidis eventually opposed mainstream psychology and Sigmund Freud, and thereby died ostracized. He was married to a maternal aunt of Clifton Fadiman, the noted American intellectual.
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- Born
- Oct 12, 1867
Berdychiv - Also known as
- Борис Сайдис
- Children
- Religion
- Atheism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- Died
- Oct 24, 1923
Portsmouth
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on July 23, 2013
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