![]() ![]() ![]() Despite Algernon’s personal struggles, Will enjoyed a tranquil childhood, and he learned much about writing and literature from his Aunt Lina Porter. Will’s father and physician, Algernon Porter, cared for his children, but an infatuation with inventing a perpetual motion machine and drinking whiskey hindered him from being a true father figure to William. Grandma Porter, a self-trained doctor and local figure in Greensboro, raised the Porter children after William’s mother passed away. Surviving family members were William’s mother and brother, and they influenced the future author in a drastic way. He was only three years old when his mother and brother passed away from tuberculosis. Born on September 11, 1862, to a middle-class family, William was the middle child of three sons. Most importantly though are not the places where Porter traveled but his early childhood in Greensboro, North Carolina. ![]() A writer whose personal life paralleled his fictional works, Porter lived a varied life throughout the South, Honduras, and New York City. Henry, was a popular short story writer during the early twentieth century. William Sydney Porter, or more famously known by his pen name O. ![]()
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