William Ernest Henley
1849
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1903
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
native language: English
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: The Crypt School
occupation: writer, poet, journalist, editor, literary critic
William Ernest Henley (August 23, 1849 – July 11, 1903) was an English poet, writer, critic and editor. Though he wrote several books of poetry, Henley is remembered most often for his 1875 poem "Invictus". A fixture in London literary circles, the one-legged Henley might have been the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's character Long John Silver (Treasure Island, 1883), while his young daughter Margaret Henley inspired J. M. Barrie's choice of the name Wendy for the heroine of his play Peter Pan (1904). Source: Wikipedia (en)
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