Boris Sidis (October 12, 1867 – October 24, 1923) was a Ukrainian-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 American intellectual.
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12 October 1867 Berdychiv, Ukraine
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Died |
24 October 1923 (aged 56) Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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Zodiac | Libra |
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