Trivia: W.E. Henley, W.B. Yeats, and W. Somerset Maugham all have what first name?
Winfield
Ward
William
Walter
The correct answer is William
So why is this answer correct? : William Ernest Henley, William Butler Yeats, and William Somerset Maugham had more in common than just their first names — all three were writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henley was most famous for his 1888 poem “Invictus.” Yeats, another poet, is best known for “Sailing to Byzantium,” “Leda and the Swan,” and many other works. Maugham was a novelist and playwright, known for works including “Of Human Bondage” and “The Razor’s Edge.”