Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel."
Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. He apprenticed with ...
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Date of birth:
- Nov 30, 1835
Date of death:
- Apr 21, 1910 (age 74 years)
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Also known as:
- Samuel Clemens,
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens,
- Twain Mark,
- Twain, Mark,
- Samuel L. Clemens
