He was born on July 21st, 1899, in Oak Park, an affluent neighborhood west of Chicago. His father, Clarence Edmonds Hemingway, was a doctor, and his mother, Grace Hall-Hemingway, was an opera singer, music teacher, and painter. Ernest’s parents were respected citizens of the conservative Oak Park community. Their two-story house with six bedrooms and a bathroom had running water and was the first house in Oak Park to have electricity. Ernest was the second of six siblings and the first son in the family.
