William Somerset Maugham: astrology, horoscope, natal chart

William Somerset Maugham, CH (January 25, 1874 – December 16, 1965) was an English playwright, novelist, and theatre writer. He was one of the most popular authors of his era, and reputedly the highest paid of his profession during the 1930s. Childhood and education Maugham's father was an English lawyer handling 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, Robert Ormond Maugham arranged for William to be born at the embassy, technically on British soil, saving him from conscription into any future French wars. His grandfather, another Robert, had also been a prominent lawyer and cofounder of the English Law Society, and it was taken for granted that William would follow in ...