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Mark Twain, 1835-1910

Nationality: American
Date of Birth: 1835.11.30
Place of Birth: Ogden, UT
Date of Death: 1910.04.21
Place of Death: Redding, CT

Identity:

Samuel Langhorne Clemens ('Mark Twain') was an author, editor and publisher.

Life:

A qualified pilot on the Mississippi, from which profession he derived his pen-name, and a newspaper editor in the West, he became famous with Innocents Abroad in 1869. His greatest works are Life on the Mississippi (1874) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).

Bibliography:

Encyclopedia Brittanica; obituary, The Annual Register, London, 1910, p. 119; New York Public Library on-line catalogue at http://www.nypl.org (accessed 2005).