PORTER, WILLIAM SYDNEY (1862–1910). William Sydney Porter [pseud. O. Henry], writer, was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina, the son of Dr. Algernon Sidney and Mary Jane Virginia (Swaim) Porter.His middle name was originally spelled
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Agricultural Economist, Author. Dr. John Lossing Buck, known as Lossing to his friends, graduated from Cornell University in 1914. He later returned to Cornell and received an M.S. in 1925 and PhD in 1933. Lossing went to China in 1915 as an agricultural
Continue reading >>I do trust, my dearest, that you have been employing this bright day for both of us; for I have spent it in my dungeon, and the only light that broke upon me was when I opened your letter.
Continue reading >>"Charmian's parents, Dayelle Wiley and Capt. Willard Kittredge were married Oct. 6, 1866. Charmian was born Nov. 27, 1871 in Wilmington, California.
Continue reading >>Mary Trevelyan (22 January 1897–10 January 1983) was warden of Student Movement House then founder and governor of International Students House, London, and founder of the Goats Club for foreign students.
Continue reading >>Valerie Fletcher, a native of Leeds, married Eliot, almost 38 years her senior, on 10 January 1957. She had first met Eliot in August 1949 while working as a secretary at Faber & Faber. She was a star-struck fan at first, having been a big fan of Eliot's
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