Henry James(1843-1916)
- Writer
Henry James was born 15 April 1843, to a wealthy family. He was born in
New York, New York USA. His parents were Henry James Sr. and Mary
Robertson Walsh; He had one brother William James (January 11
1842-August 26 1910) and one sister Alice James. When Henry James was a
young boy he would enjoy reading the classics of English, American,
German, French, and Russian literature. Also when he was a kid he and
his family would travel back and forth to England and the United States
of America. Henry James educated in New York City, London, Paris and
Geneva.
He tried to strive for a higher education then he decided it was not
for him and writing was his calling in life. (When Henry James was at
the age of 19 he briefly attended Harvard Law School, but preferred
reading literature to studying law). When Henry James hit
the age of 21 he decided to write his first novel, A Tragedy of error.
From that point on he started to write. He went on to write 23 more
novels in his lifetime (this is a short list of the book's he wrote the
Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl, The Portrait of a Lady, The American,
Washington Square, The Bostonians, and The Wings of the Dove). Henry James also was an
extraordinarily productive on top of all of his novels he wrote he
published articles an, biography, autobiography, and criticism, and
wrote plays (one of them being Guy Domville), some of which were
performed during his lifetime with moderate success. Henry James also
wrote a whole lot of short stories for either the local news or just
for fun. He often wrote for the New York tribune. Henry James was a key
stone writer of his time (He was one of the foremost literary figures
of his time, leaving us an enormous body of novels, 'tales' (short
stories), literary and art criticism, autobiography and travel writing). Throughout his life he was in love with his cousin, Mary
Temple, but later in life while he was in London he became homosexual,
the young man he started to wright was at the age of 27 and Henry James
was at the age of 56. He also wrote another guy named, Howard Sturgis.
They started to write back and forth and they started to
have more emotion in the letters. He also started to write a woman
named Lucy Clifford; But Henry James never got married in his lifetime.
Henry James brother William James died when Henry James was at the age
of 67; Henry James had a stroke on Dec 2nd of 1915. His health started
to decline from then. He died in London in Feb. 28th of 1916. When he
died he was not only a citizen for the United States of America but
also a British subject. He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium
and his ashes are interred at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
New York, New York USA. His parents were Henry James Sr. and Mary
Robertson Walsh; He had one brother William James (January 11
1842-August 26 1910) and one sister Alice James. When Henry James was a
young boy he would enjoy reading the classics of English, American,
German, French, and Russian literature. Also when he was a kid he and
his family would travel back and forth to England and the United States
of America. Henry James educated in New York City, London, Paris and
Geneva.
He tried to strive for a higher education then he decided it was not
for him and writing was his calling in life. (When Henry James was at
the age of 19 he briefly attended Harvard Law School, but preferred
reading literature to studying law). When Henry James hit
the age of 21 he decided to write his first novel, A Tragedy of error.
From that point on he started to write. He went on to write 23 more
novels in his lifetime (this is a short list of the book's he wrote the
Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl, The Portrait of a Lady, The American,
Washington Square, The Bostonians, and The Wings of the Dove). Henry James also was an
extraordinarily productive on top of all of his novels he wrote he
published articles an, biography, autobiography, and criticism, and
wrote plays (one of them being Guy Domville), some of which were
performed during his lifetime with moderate success. Henry James also
wrote a whole lot of short stories for either the local news or just
for fun. He often wrote for the New York tribune. Henry James was a key
stone writer of his time (He was one of the foremost literary figures
of his time, leaving us an enormous body of novels, 'tales' (short
stories), literary and art criticism, autobiography and travel writing). Throughout his life he was in love with his cousin, Mary
Temple, but later in life while he was in London he became homosexual,
the young man he started to wright was at the age of 27 and Henry James
was at the age of 56. He also wrote another guy named, Howard Sturgis.
They started to write back and forth and they started to
have more emotion in the letters. He also started to write a woman
named Lucy Clifford; But Henry James never got married in his lifetime.
Henry James brother William James died when Henry James was at the age
of 67; Henry James had a stroke on Dec 2nd of 1915. His health started
to decline from then. He died in London in Feb. 28th of 1916. When he
died he was not only a citizen for the United States of America but
also a British subject. He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium
and his ashes are interred at Cambridge, Massachusetts.