November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910 (Age: 74)
Born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens. An American author and humorist. Among his famous writings are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He worked as a typesetter and wrote articles for his older brother, Orion Clemens, newspaper. He earned a lot of money through his writings and lectures and he invested it in ventures that lost a lot of money. He was deemed "the father of American literature" by William Faulkner.
Born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens. An American author and humorist. Among his famous writings are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He worked as a typesetter and wrote articles for his older brother, Orion Clemens, newspaper. He earned a lot of money through his writings and lectures and he invested it in ventures that lost a lot of money. He was deemed "the father of American literature" by William Faulkner.