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...Author. William Somerset Maugham, 56, married (to Syrie, daugher of the late Dr. Barnardo, famed founder of homes for waifs), studied to be a doctor, instead traveled, took notes, observed, wrote. Medium-sized, mustached, with fat stomach, square jaw, Author Maugham lives at Cap Ferrat, France, but travels whenever, wherever, he wishes. During the War he served in the intelligence service, British Army; was stationed in Russia, where bad, meagre food made him ill. Critic Hannen Swaffer once wrote Author Maugham asking him how to pronounce his name. Replied Maugham: "My name rhymes with waugham, as in 'a waugham...