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Herman Melville

1819 - 1891

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Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. At the time of his death Melville was not well known to the public, but 1919, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick would eventually be considered one of the great American novels. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herman Melville is the 313th most popular writer (down from 228th in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from United States (down from 201st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Writer.

Herman Melville is most famous for writing the novel Moby Dick.

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Among writers, Herman Melville ranks 313 out of 7,302. Before him are Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Robert Musil, Claudius Aelianus, J. M. G. Le Clézio, J. M. Coetzee, and Ismail Kadare. After him are Max Brod, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Ernst Jünger, Antonin Artaud, Doris Lessing, and Héloïse.

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Among people born in 1819, Herman Melville ranks 9. Before him are Jacques Offenbach, Gustave Courbet, Clara Schumann, Léon Foucault, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, and Walt Whitman. After him are Báb, Hippolyte Fizeau, Maria II of Portugal, John Couch Adams, John Ruskin, and Franz von Suppé. Among people deceased in 1891, Herman Melville ranks 10. Before him are Georges Seurat, Pedro II of Brazil, John A. Macdonald, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, and P. T. Barnum. After him are Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Léo Delibes, Theo van Gogh, Edmond Becquerel, and Leopold Kronecker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herman Melville ranks 338 out of 20,380. Before him are P. T. Barnum (1810), Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915), Christopher Lloyd (1938), Andrew Johnson (1808), George S. Patton (1885), and Robert Forster (1941). After him are Charles Sanders Peirce (1839), Mel Gibson (1956), Henry Clay (1777), John Cage (1912), Tom Petty (1950), and Zachary Taylor (1784).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Herman Melville ranks 32. Before him are Joseph Heller (1923), Dale Carnegie (1888), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803), Walt Whitman (1819), Paul Auster (1947), and Arthur Miller (1915). After him are Philip K. Dick (1928), Mario Puzo (1920), J. D. Vance (1984), O. Henry (1862), Ivanka Trump (1981), and Henry Miller (1891).

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