William S. Burroughs

Personal Profile

• Common Name:

  William Lee

• Date of Birth:

  February 5, 1914

• Zodiac Sign:

  Aquarius

• Place of Birth:

  St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

• Place of Death:

  Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.

• Date of Death:

  August 2, 1997

• Cause of Death:

  Heart - Attack

• Sex:

  Male

• Education:

  Graduate from Harvard University in 1936

Family

• Father:

  Mortimer P. Burroughs

• Mother:

  Laura Hammon Lee

• Uncle:

  Ivy Lee

• Spouse:

  Ilse von Klapper
  Joan Vollmer

• Son:

  William S. Burroughs, Jr.

Career

• Profession:

  Novelist
  Short Story Writer
  Essayist