- NAME: Herman Melville - OCCUPATION: Author, Poet - BIRTH DATE:
August 01, 1819 - DEATH DATE: September 28, 1891 - EDUCATION:
Albany Academy, Lansingburgh Academy, Albany Classical School,
Grammar School of Columbia College, New York Male High School -
PLACE OF BIRTH: New York City, New York - PLACE OF DEATH: New
York City, New York - Full Name: Herman Melville - Originally:
Herman Melvill Best Known For Herman Melville wrote the classic
American novel Moby-Dick (1851), a whaling adventure which
regarded as one of the greatest literary works of all time.
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rank against other players.Play Now According to the book, in
1842, the Acushnet arrived at the Marquesas Islands in
Polynesia, where Melville and a crewmate deserted the ship and,
soon after, were captured by local cannibals. The two spent
nearly four months as captives before escaping and boarding
another whaling ship, the Lucy Ann, working as part of its crew,
according to Melville's literar