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Thornton Wilder Biography | Author of The Matchmaker
Thornton Niven Wilder was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 17, , the only survivor of twin brothers.
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His mother, the daughter of a minister, and his father, a strict, moody newspaper editor, both had a strong influence on the view of the world that he would eventually develop. In , his father joined the foreign service as a consular general to Hong Kong.
The entire family moved there with him, but after six months Wilder's mother took the children and moved back to the United States, living in Berkeley, California. When his father transferred to Shanghai, Wilder returned to Asia and attended German and Chinese schools before returning to the United States once more to finish high school in Berkeley.
When his father enrolled Wilder in Oberlin College in Ohio, Wilder was disappointed, having hoped to attend Yale.
He found that the small college atmosphere suited him, however. Several of his works were published in the student