November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910
American novelist, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer
American novelist, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer
Author of "The Innocents Abroad", "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "Life on the Mississippi", "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson", "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Also wrote under the pen names Josh and Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass