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Herman Melville (born Melvill; [a] 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.
Herbert Melville "Hub" Hoxie (December 18, 1830 to November 23, 1886) was a pioneer, abolitionist, railroad executive and the first Republican United States Marshal in the State of Iowa during the American Civil War. [1] He is closely associated with Jay Gould, Grenville Dodge and the early Republican Party.
Melville's major source of inspiration for the story was an advertisement for a new book, The Lawyer's Story, printed in the Tribune and the Times on February 18, 1853. The book, published anonymously later that year, was written by popular novelist James A. Maitland. [2]
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 epic novel by American writer Herman Melville.The book is centered on the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage.
Hoxie, Herbert Melville (1830-1886) [17] Hudnutt, Col. Joseph Opdyke (1824-1910) 1869 (Division Engineer) [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Hurd, Major Marshall Farnam (1823-1903) Dodge's staff engineer during the Civil War, who became unit chief in what Dodge called some of the most difficult Indian Territory.
Herbert Melville Guest was born on 29 January 1853 in Kidderminster, England, the son of Herbert and Mary Guest. [1] [2] In 1861, Guest's father moved the family to Grahamstown, Cape Colony (in modern South Africa's Eastern Cape), where he was appointed manager of the Frontier Times. [3]
Herbert Melville Little FRCOG (December 11, 1877 – October 11, 1934) was a Canadian gynaecologist and lecturer in obstetrics and gynaecology at McGill University. He was born in London, Ontario . He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto in 1897 and graduated in medicine from McGill in 1901.
Redburn: His First Voyage [1] is the fourth book by the American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849.The book is semi-autobiographical and recounts the adventures of a refined youth among coarse and brutal sailors and the seedier areas of Liverpool.