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William Alexander Percy (May 14, 1885 – January 21, 1942) was a lawyer, planter, and poet from Greenville, Mississippi. His autobiography Lanterns on the Levee (Knopf 1941) became a bestseller. His father LeRoy Percy was the last United States Senator from Mississippi elected by the legislature.
- January 21, 1942 (aged 56)
- LeRoy Percy, Camille Percy
- May 14, 1885, Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.
William Alexander Percy (14 de mayo de 1885 - 21 de enero de 1942) fue un abogado, plantador y poeta de Greenville, Mississippi. Su autobiografía Lanterns on the Levee (Knopf 1941) se convirtió en un éxito de ventas. Su padre LeRoy Percy fue el último senador estadounidense por Mississippi elegido por la legislatura.
William Armstrong Percy III (10 de diciembre de 1933 - 30 de octubre de 2022) es un catedrático estadounidense, historiador, enciclopedista y activista gay. Enseñó desde 1968 en la Universidad de Massachusetts en Boston ; comenzó a publicar estudios gais en 1985.
- 30 de octubre de 2022 (88 años)
- Universidad Cornell, Defense Language Institute
- Estadounidense
Hace 5 días · Named after his grandfather, the Civil War hero William Alexander "Gray Eagle" Percy, Will Percy also served in the Army with honor and valor during World War I. But in his heart he was a...
- American Experience
William Alexander Percy was born on 15 May 1885 in Greenville, Mississippi, and was named after his grandfather, a planter and lawyer who served as a colonel during the Civil War, earning the nickname the Gray Eagle of the Valley. Will Percy perceived himself as distanced from and overshadowed by his father, LeRoy, a powerful […]
William Alexander Percy’s memoir, Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter’s Son, was critically acclaimed and has become his most famous work. William Alexander Percy was a writer and poet, and he was extremely active in the political, cultural, and social life of Greenville, Mississippi.
A lover of younger black men, Percy offers a fascinating window into the intersections of race, class, religion, age, and sexuality in the segregated South of the 1920s and 30s. William Armstrong Percy III was Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, for over 40 years, specializing in classical and medieval history.
