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Ambrose Bierce

1842 - 1914

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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – c. 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book The Devil's Dictionary was named one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has been described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", and his book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (also published as In the Midst of Life) was named by the Grolier Club one of the 100 most influential American books printed before 1900. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ambrose Bierce is the 970th most popular writer (down from 860th in 2019), the 1,350th most popular biography from United States (down from 959th in 2019) and the 108th most popular American Writer.

Ambrose Bierce was an American journalist, short story writer, and satirist. His most famous work is the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."

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Among writers, Ambrose Bierce ranks 970 out of 7,302. Before him are John Fante, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gaius Asinius Pollio, Frank Wedekind, Aimé Césaire, and Cormac McCarthy. After him are Raymond Carver, Venantius Fortunatus, Jean Giraudoux, Viktor Shklovsky, Abraham Abulafia, and Sonia Rykiel.

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Among people born in 1842, Ambrose Bierce ranks 23. Before him are Osborne Reynolds, James Dewar, Vasily Vereshchagin, Georg Brandes, Sophus Lie, and Okita Sōji. After him are Édouard Lucas, Jean Gaston Darboux, Carl von Linde, Giovanni Giolitti, Johannes Zukertort, and Arkhip Kuindzhi. Among people deceased in 1914, Ambrose Bierce ranks 22. Before him are Ismail Gaspirali, Eduard Suess, Louis Couturat, Maximilian von Spee, Alexander Samsonov, and Alphonse Bertillon. After him are Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Alain-Fournier, Charles Péguy, John Tenniel, Joseph Chamberlain, and Alfred Thayer Mahan.

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Among people born in United States, Ambrose Bierce ranks 1,350 out of 20,380. Before him are William Barr (1950), Mark Wahlberg (1971), Andrew Dickson White (1832), Cormac McCarthy (1933), Jack Kirby (1917), and Carl Weathers (1948). After him are James Cagney (1899), Dizzy Gillespie (1917), Marvin Minsky (1927), Harry Dean Stanton (1926), Eric Peterson (1964), and Kendrick Lamar (1987).

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Among writers born in United States, Ambrose Bierce ranks 108. Before him are Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), Virginia Satir (1916), Horatio Alger (1832), John Updike (1932), John Fante (1909), and Cormac McCarthy (1933). After him are Raymond Carver (1938), Sherwood Anderson (1876), Thomas Wolfe (1900), John Grisham (1955), Nellie Bly (1864), and Ed Bradley (1941).

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