William stafford poems...
Biography William Stafford
- Time Period -
- PlaceKansas
- CountryUnited States
Poet Biography
William Edgar Stafford was born in Hutchinson, Kansas, on January 17, , to Ruby Mayher and Earl Ingersoll Stafford.William stafford, mary boleyn
The eldest of three children, Stafford grew up with an appreciation for nature and books. During the Depression the family moved from town to town as Earl Stafford searched for jobs. William helped to support the family also, by delivering papers, working in the sugar beet fields, raising vegetables, and as an electrician's mate.
In Stafford graduated from high school in Liberal, Kansas, and attended Garden City and El Dorado junior colleges, graduating from the University of Kansas in In Stafford enrolled at the University of Wisconsin to begin graduate studies in Economics, but by the next year he had returned to Kansas to earn his master's degree in English.
When the United States entered World War II in Stafford was drafted before he could obtain his degree