O. Henry AKA William Sidney Porter Born: 11-Sep-1862 Birthplace: Greensboro, NC Died: 5-Jun-1910 Location of death: New York City Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, NC
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author Nationality: United States Executive summary: The Gift of the Magi American short story author. Father: Algernon Sidney Porter Mother: Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Wife: Athol Estes (m. 5-Jul-1887, d. 25-Jul-1897, two children) Son: (b. 1888, premature, lived several hours) Daughter: Margaret Worth Porter (b. 30-Sep-1889) Wife: Sara Lindsey Coleman (m. 27-Nov-1907, separated 1908)
Embezzlement Indicted 1896, convicted 1898, served 3 years Risk Factors: Alcoholism
Author of books:
Cabbages and Kings (1904) The Four Million (1906, short stories) The Trimmed Lamp (1907) Heart of the West (1907, short stories) The Voice of the City (1908) The Gentle Grafter (1908) Roads of Destiny (1909) Options (1909) Strictly Business (1910) Whirligigs (1910, short stories) Let Me Feel Your Pulse (1910) Sixes and Sevens (1911, short stories) Rolling Stones (1912, short stories) Waifs and Strays (1917, short stories) O Henryana (1920, short stories) Postscripts (1923) O Henry Encore (1939) The Complete Works of O. Henry (1912, anthology, 14 vols.)
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