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1、O. Henry.O. HenryPortrait of O. Henry, by W. M. Vanderweyde, 1909Born William Sidney PorterSeptember 11, 1862Greensboro, North CarolinaDied June 5, 1910 (aged 47)New York CityPen name O. Henry, Olivier Henry, Oliver Henry1Occupation WriterNationality AmericanWilliam Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862
2、 June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henrys short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clevertwist endings.Contentshide 1 Biographyo 1.1 Early lifeo 1.2 Move to Texaso 1.3 Flight and returno 1.4 Later life 2 Stories 3 Pen name 4 L
3、egacy 5 Bid for posthumous pardon 6 See also 7 Notes 8 Further reading 9 External linksBiographyeditThis section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this articleby adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged andremoved. (March 2013)Early li
4、feeditWilliam Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter (182588), a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter (183365). They were married on April 20, 185
5、8. When William was three, his mother died from tuberculosis, and he and his father moved into the home of his paternal grandmother. As a child, Porter was always reading, everything from classics to dime novels; his favorite works were Lanes translation of One Thousand and One Nights, and Burtons A
6、natomy of Melancholy.2Porter graduated from his aunt Evelina Maria Porters elementary school in 1876. He then enrolled at the Lindsey Street High School. His aunt continued to tutor him until he was fifteen. In 1879, he started working in his uncles drugstore and in 1881, at the age of nineteen, he
7、was licensed as a pharmacist. At the drugstore, he also showed off his natural artistic talents by sketching the townsfolk.Move to TexaseditPorter in Austin as a young manPorter traveled with Dr. James K. Hall to Texas in March 1882, hoping that a change of air would help alleviate a persistent coug
8、h he had developed. He took up residence on the sheep ranch of Richard Hall, James son, in La Salle County and helped out as a shepherd, ranch hand, cook and baby-sitter. While on the ranch, he learned bits of Spanish and German from the mix of immigrant ranch hands. He also spent time reading class
9、ic literature. Porters health did improve and he traveled with Richard to Austin in 1884, where he decided to remain and was welcomed into the home of the Harrells, who were friends of Richards. Porter took a number of different jobs over the next several years, first as pharmacist then as adraftsma
10、n, bank teller and journalist. He also began writing as a sideline.Porter led an active social life in Austin, including membership in singing and drama groups. He was a good singer and musician. He played both the guitar andmandolin. He became a member of the Hill City Quartet, a group of young men
11、 who sang at gatherings and serenaded young women of the town. Porter met and begancourting Athol Estes, then seventeen years old and from a wealthy family. Her mother objected to the match because Athol was ill, suffering from tuberculosis. On July 1, 1887, Porter eloped with Athol to the home of R
12、everend R. K. Smoot, where they were married.Porter family in early 1890sAthol, daughter Margaret, WilliamThe couple continued to participate in musical and theater groups, and Athol encouraged her husband to pursue his writing. Athol gave birth to a son in 1888, who died hours after birth, and then
13、 a daughter, Margaret Worth Porter, in September 1889. Porters friend Richard Hall became Texas Land Commissioner and offered Porter a job. Porter started as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office (GLO) in 1887 at a salary of $100 a month, drawing maps from surveys andfield notes. The salary w
14、as enough to support his family, but he continued his contributions to magazines and newspapers.Porter as a clerk at the First National Bank, AustinIn the GLO building, he began developing characters and plots for such stories as Georgias Ruling (1900), and Buried Treasure (1908). The castle-like bu
15、ilding he worked in was even woven into some of his tales such as Bexar Scrip No. 2692 (1894).His job at the GLO was a political appointment by Hall. Hall ran for governor in the election of 1890 but lost. Porter resigned in early 1891 when the new governor, Jim Hogg, was sworn in.The same year, Por
16、ter began working at the First National Bank of Austin as a teller and bookkeeper at the same salary he had made at the GLO. The bank was operated informally and Porter was apparently careless in keeping his books and may have embezzled funds. In 1894, he was accused by the bank of embezzlement and lost his job but was not indicted.He then worked full-time on his humorous weekly called The Rolling Stone, which he started while working a
