William Alexander Percy

William Alexander Percy
Percy c. 1941
Born	May 14, 1885 Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	January 21, 1942 (aged 56)
Education	The University of the South (B. A.) Harvard University (LLB)
Parent(s)	LeRoy Percy Camille Percy

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.