Maugham proved to be an extremely intelligent young man, but the rigors of school discipline combined with continued taunts from his classmates forced him to leave school before he completed his education. His situation was made even worse because of a speech impediment which, because of, he continually found himself taunted and isolated from the other boys. William was not happy with the events that befell him, the death of his parents, living with relatives and all, and his life at King's School in Canterbury, the school he attended, reflected that. Although they took the ten year old William in, and try as they may, they had no experience, expertise or particular desire in raising a child. William ended up in Whitstable, Kent, England to live with his father's brother, the Rev. Then, only two short years following his mother's death his father passed away. It is known his mother died of tuberculosis in 1882 and his three older brothers were sent to study in London, while William stayed in France with his father. There is not much recorded about his early childhood years, but at the time of his birth his father was was a lawyer attached to British Embassy, his mother apparently a homemaker. William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris, France, January 25, 1874, the youngest of four children born to Mr.
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