Clemens, Samuel (Mark Twain)

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkb:Samuel_Langhorne_Clemens
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Honorary_Doctorate,_University_of_Missouri
gptkb:Honorary_Doctorate,_Yale_University
gptkbp:birthDate 1835-11-30
gptkbp:birthPlace Florida, Missouri, USA
gptkbp:causeOfDeath myocardial infarction
gptkbp:child gptkb:Clara_Clemens
gptkb:Jean_Clemens
gptkb:Langdon_Clemens
gptkb:Susy_Clemens
gptkbp:deathDate 1910-04-21
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Redding,_Connecticut,_USA
gptkbp:education self-educated
gptkbp:genre gptkb:travel_literature
adventure
fiction
humor
satire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Clemens, Samuel (Mark Twain)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Artemus_Ward
gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkbp:militaryService Confederate States Army (briefly)
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur's_Court
gptkb:Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn
gptkb:Life_on_the_Mississippi
gptkb:Roughing_It
gptkb:The_Adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer
gptkb:The_Prince_and_the_Pauper
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
gptkb:writer
satire
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Jane_Lampton_Clemens
gptkb:John_Marshall_Clemens
gptkbp:pseudonym gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkb:Sieur_Louis_de_Conte
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Hartford,_Connecticut
gptkb:Nevada_Territory
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkb:Elmira,_New_York
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Woodlawn_Cemetery,_Elmira,_New_York
gptkbp:signature Mark Twain signature.svg
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Olivia_Langdon_Clemens
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Mark_Twain_House_&_Museum
gptkb:Mark_Twain_Boyhood_Home_&_Museum
gptkb:U.S._postage_stamps
numerous biographies
numerous literary studies
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (named in his honor)
numerous adaptations (film, TV, stage)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hannibal_High_School
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8