dirtnapp / is herman melville alive or dead?
Herman Melville
American writer and poet
dead
no longer with us. rest easy.
- born
- 1819
- died
- 1891
- age at death
- 72
- known for
- teacher, sailor, lecturer
1819 – 1891
where this comes from
wikidata records a date of death for Herman Melville in 1891, which is how we know. your browser re-checks this against wikidata on every visit, so it’s current even if the page itself was cached a while ago.
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