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Herman Melville

(1819 - 1891 / United States)

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Melville was the third of eight children born to Allan and Maria Gansevoort Melville, fairly wealthy middle-class descendants of Scottish and Dutch settlers. He attended Albany Classical School in 1835 and Lansinburgh Academy in 1837 but was mainly self-taught. His early life was spend in almost ceaseless travel. His family moved from New York City to Albany and to Lansinburgh. Following his first naval voyage in 1839 to Liverpool, Melville sailed for years as a whaler and in the US Navy. He visited the islands of the South Sea, Tahiti and Hawaii and was also later to spend time in Europe and Morocco. In 1847 he married Elizabeth Shaw, with whom he had four children including two sons who died prematurely. more >>

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''The god Janus never had two more decidedly different faces than your sea captain.''

Herman Melville (1819-1891), U.S. author. "Etchings of a Whaling Cruise" (1847), The Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces 1839-1860, The Writings of He...

''If not against us, nature is not for us.''

Herman Melville (1819-1891), U.S. author. Mardi (1849), ch. 69, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 3, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G....

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