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William Somerset Maugham  威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆1874/1/25－1965/12/16 Childhood and Education Marriage and Family Career Achievements British playwright Novelist Short story writer the most popular writers and reputedly the highest paid author During the 1930s Who is it? Childhood and Education 1.Father: Robert Ormond Maugham（罗伯特·奥蒙得·毛姆） A lawyer who handled the legal affairs of the British embassy in Paris. Since French law declared that all children born on French soil could be conscripted for military service, his father arranged for Maugham to be born at the embassy, technically on British soil. His grandfather, another Robert, had also been a prominent lawyer and co-founder of the English Law Society. It was taken for granted that Maugham and his brothers would follow in their footsteps. His elder brother Viscount Maugham enjoyed a distinguished legal career and served as Lord Chancellor from 1938 to 1939. 2.Mother:Edith Mary Had tuberculosis[tju:,b?:kjul?usis].肺结核 (TB), a condition for which her doctor prescribed[priskraibd]规定的 childbirth. She had Maugham several years after the last of his three older brothers; they were already enrolled in boarding school by the time he was three. Being the youngest, he was effectively raised as an only child. Ediths sixth and final son died on 25 January 1882, one day after his birth, on Maughams eighth birthday. Edith died of TB six days later on 31 January at the age of 41. The early death of his mother left Maugham traumatized; he kept his mothers photograph by his bedside for the rest of his life.Two years after Ediths death, Maughams father died in France of cancer. Uncle:Henry MacDonald Maugham Maugham was sent to the UK to be cared for by his uncle,the Vicar [vik?]教堂牧师 of Whitstable, in Kent 肯特（英国东南部州名）；不列颠岛南部的古代盎格鲁所建的王国. The move was damaging, as his uncle proved cold and emotionally cruel. The boy attended The Kings School, Canterbury, which was also difficult for him. He was