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  • NAME: Herman Melville
  • OCCUPATION: Author, Poet
  • BIRTH DATE: August 01, 1819
  • DEATH DATE: September 28, 1891
  • EDUCATION: Albany Academy, Lansingburgh Academy, Albany Classical School, Grammar School of Columbia College, New York Male High School
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: New York City, New York
  • PLACE OF DEATH: New York City, New York
  • Full Name: Herman Melville
  • Originally: Herman Melvill

Best Known For

Herman Melville wrote the classic American novel Moby-Dick (1851), a whaling adventure which regarded as one of the greatest literary works of all time.

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