page_title: William Alexander Percy
hierarchical_section_title: William Alexander Percy
caption_attribution_description: English: William Alexander Percy.
context_page_description: William Alexander Percy, was a lawyer, planter, and poet from Greenville, Mississippi. His autobiography Lanterns on the Levee became a bestseller. His father LeRoy Percy was the last United States Senator from Mississippi elected by the legislature. In a largely Protestant state, the younger Percy championed the Roman Catholicism of his French mother.
context_section_description: 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.  In a largely Protestant state, the younger Percy championed the Roman Catholicism of his French mother.
caption: Percy c. 1941
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