Title: O. Henry
Content: O. Henry William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings. William 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 (1825–88), a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter (1833–65). William's parents had married on April 20, 1858. When William was three, his mother died after birthing her third child, and he and his

Title: William Henry Porter (writer)
Content: William Henry Porter (writer) William Henry Porter (Sept 19, 1817-May 26, 1861) was an American minister and author. He was born in Rye, New Hampshire, Sept 19, 1817, and was one of the eighteen children of Rev Huntington Porter, formerly pastor of the church in that place. After a preliminary course of study in Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, he entered Yale College in 1837, with his twin brother, Charles Henry Porter, who died after completing his Sophomore year. He graduated in 1841. He studied Theology one year in the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, one year in the

Title: Rufus L. Porter
Content: Rufus L. Porter Rufus L. Porter (February 20, 1897 – February 1979) was a well-regarded poet living in the Pikes Peak region near Cascade, Colorado during the 1950s until his death in 1979. Porter was called the "Hard Rock Poet" and wrote 3 books: All three books were about Victor, the "World's Greatest Gold Camp". Porter came to Victor in 1917 to work in the mines. Porter also wrote numerous short poems about the human condition that ordinary people could enjoy. These poems were published in newspapers during the 1950s. One of these poems ends with the following advice: In

Title: Thaddeus of Warsaw
Content: on "Half-Forgotten Books". Despite the work's success, Porter was described as "totally destitute or nearly so", was obliged to circulate among her friends as a houseguest, and repeatedly petitioned the government for a literary pension (denied in part because she was unable to gather the support of other important literary figures). This penury arose because the rights to "Thaddeus" and her other stories were after protracted litigation no longer held by Porter but belonged to her various publishers, including Owen Rees, Richard Bentley, and George Virtue. Issuing "improved" and "corrected" versions with prefaces and other errata permitted her to keep

Title: William T. Porter
Content: involved horse racing, and he was involved in attempts to create the first stud book in the United States, which did not bear fruit. He was also instrumental in the development of American literature, as the "Spirit" published a number of short stories by American tall tale writers, and Porter edited two collections of short stories by American writers. After publishing the "Spirit" through the 1830s, he sold it to another printer but continued as the editor into the 1850s. He left the original "Spirit" in 1855 and in 1856 was hired as editor for another sporting newspaper, "Porter's Spirit

Question: How was writer William Sydney Porter better known?
Answer: O Henry