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O. Henry’s real name is William Sydney Porter. O. Henry is a //pseudonym//. A pseudonym is a lot like a nickname. It is a name created for an author that is used by that author when he or she writes a story.

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O. Henry was born on September 11, 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina on a farm. His father, Algernon Sidney Porter, was a physician. His mother, Mary Virginia Swaim, died when O. Henry was three, and he was raised by his aunt,Evalina Porter(Miss Lina).
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O. Henry attended the the private elementary school of his aunt, Evelina Porter, starting in 1867. He then attended Linsey Street High School, located in Greensboro, North Carolina.

In 1885, William Sydney Porter joined the Hill City Quartette, a dapper group of young men who played at parties and church events, and sang at the windows of the young ladies of their set.


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O. Henry started "The Rolling Stone," a humorous weekly, in 1887; but that publication soon failed.

In 1887, O. Henry married Athol Estes, stepdaughter of Mr. P. G. Roach.

O. Henry left school at the age of 15 (in 1879), and went to work as a bookkeeper in his Uncle Clark's store, W. C. Porter and Company Drug Store.

This is the house O. Henry lived in in 1881 when he wrote "The Gift of the Magi."


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Athol gave birth to O. Henry's daughter, Margaret Worth Porter, in September 1889.

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Athol died on July 25, 1897

The first collection of O. Henry's stories appeared in 1904 in "Cabbages and Kings," which was immediately popular. Other collections followed, including: "The Four Million" (1906), "The Trimmed Lamp" (1907), "The Heart of the West" (1907), "Whirligigs" (1910), "Sixes And Sevens" (1911), "Rolling Stones" (1912), and "Waifs And Strays" (1917).

In 1907 O.Henry remarried to Sarah Lindsey Coleman, in Ashville, NC.

O. Henry had many different jobs during his life, including work in a drug store, a ranch hand in Texas, a licensed pharmacist, a draftsman, a columnist, and a bank clerk for the First National Bank of Austin.




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O. Henry wrote more than 600 srories before he died on June 5, 1910. The cause of his death is listed as cirrhosis of the liver. Funeral services were held at a church in New York City, and he was buried in Ashville, North Carolina. His last words are said to have been: "Turn up the lights —I don't want to go home in the dark."

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Bibliography:

 * http://www.ncwriters.org/services/lhof/inductees/wporter.htm
 * http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/18661913/lit/porter.htm
 * http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/ahc/ohbiography.htm

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