William Seward Burroughs Jr. (1947 - 1981)

Born 21 Jul 1947 in Conroe, Montgomery, Texas, United States

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Died 3 Mar 1981 at age 33 in DeLand, Volusia, Florida, United States

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Biography

William was born in 1947. He passed away in 1981.

William Seward Burroughs III aka William S. Burroughs Jr. was an American novelist. He was the son of William S. Burroughs II, the author of The Naked Lunch and other Beat novels. His great grandfather, William Seward Burroughs I was the original inventor of the Burroughs adding machine. He wrote three novels, two of which were published as Speed (1970) and Kentucky Ham (1973). He did not finish his third novel, Prakriti Junction, although extracts from it were included in his third published work Cursed From Birth.

Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Burroughs_Jr.
2. "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8HZ-74S : 5 December 2014), William Seward Jr. Burroughs, 21 Jul 1947; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
3. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVC-WPDJ : 13 December 2015), William Seward Burroughs, 1981; Burial, , , ,, ; citing record ID 13723383, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13723383