William Alexander Percy
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William Alexander Percy was an American lawyer, planter, and poet from Mississippi, best known for his memoir "Lanterns on the Levee" and for mentoring his cousin, the novelist Walker Percy.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Alexander Percy canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ memoir ⓘ memoirist ⓘ planter ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mississippi Delta region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | William Alexander Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| cousin | Walker Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard Law School
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University of the South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
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poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| influenced |
Southern writers
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Walker Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Percy family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentorOf | Walker Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| movement | Southern literature ⓘ |
| name | William Alexander Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Southern agrarian views
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leadership in Greenville, Mississippi ⓘ response to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Lanterns on the Levee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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lawyer ⓘ planter ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Greenville, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Greenville, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | community leader in Greenville, Mississippi ⓘ |
| relative | Walker Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalianism ⓘ |
| residence | Greenville, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | homosexuality ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
essays
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poetry collections ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Mississippi Delta
NERFINISHED
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Southern society NERFINISHED ⓘ race relations in the American South ⓘ |
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