Early Life and Education
The son of Louis (Layzer) Bielikov and Glicke Katzenellenbogen, Billikopf emigrated to the United States in 1896 and settled in Richmond, Virginia, where he attended local schools and the University of Richmond before transferring to the University of Chicago in 1903 where he received his undergraduate degree, Ph.B., Bachelor of Philanthropy. He achieved some fame as a chess prodigy. (See: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/prodigies.html)
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