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🎂 William Alexander Percy - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday
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| Popular As |
William Alexander Percy |
| Occupation |
Poet |
| Age |
years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
| Born |
May 14, 1885 (Mississippi) |
| Birthday |
May 14 |
| Town/City |
Mississippi |
| Nationality |
Mississippi |
🌙 Zodiac
William Alexander Percy’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs
William Alexander Percy was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
About
An American lawyer and poet, he is known for his bestselling autobiography, Lanterns on the Levee. He also penned the lyrics to the Episcopal hymn, They Cast Their Nets in Galilee.
Before Fame
Before earning his law degree from Harvard, he studied abroad in Paris for a year. He later earned the Croix de Guerre for his service in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Trivia
He owned 20,000 acres of land, where he grew cotton and other crops.
Family Life
He adopted the children of his cousin after his cousin committed suicide. His adopted children were named Walker, LeRoy, and Phinizy. Percy was married twice; his second wife was Sarah Hunt Farish.
Associated With
He was a friend of Herbert Hoover, whom he met during the World War I-era Belgian Relief Effort.
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