14 Facts About Boris Sidis

Boris Sidis was an American psychopathologist, psychologist, physician, psychiatrist, and philosopher of education.

Boris Sidis was the father of child prodigy William James Sidis.

Boris Sidis eventually opposed mainstream psychology and Sigmund Freud, and thereby died ostracized.

Boris Sidis was married to a maternal aunt of Clifton Fadiman, the American intellectual.

Boris Sidis proceeded to complete four degrees at Harvard University and sought to provide insight into why people behave as they do.

Boris Sidis was born on October 12,1867, in Berdichev, to Jewish parents.

Boris Sidis emigrated to the US in 1887 to escape political persecution.

Boris Sidis later credited his ability to think to this long solitary confinement.

Boris Sidis is noted for vigorously applying the principles of Darwinian evolution to the study of psychology.

Boris Sidis vehemently opposed World War I, viewing war as a social disease, and denigrated the widely held concept of eugenics.

Boris Sidis sought to provide insight into why people behave as they do, particularly in cases of a mob frenzy or religious mania.

Boris Sidis saw fear as an underlying cause of much human mental suffering and problematic behavior.

Boris Sidis married Sarah Mandelbaum by whom he had two children.

Boris Sidis applied his own psychological approaches to raising William in whom he wished to promote a high intellectual capacity.