Mark Twain (November 30, 1835April 21, 1910), born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an author whom the New York Times lauded as the greatest American humorist of his age.” He authored The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which is often referred as the Great American Novel,” as well as eleven other novels and dozens of short stories and essays. He died in 1910 at the age of seventy-four in Redding, Connecticut.
Brief Biography
- Date of Birth:
- November 30, 1835
- Date of Death:
- April 21, 1910
- Place of Birth:
- Florida, Missouri
- Place of Death:
- Redding, Connecticut