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Mark
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Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
Alias Mark Twain was born in
Florida Missouri
November 30 1835
He was an
author, humorist, journalist, social
critic and the first person doing
some sort of stand up comedy
4. FRIENDS
Twain was quite the celebrity
during his lifetime. He was
friends with Helen Keller, oil
executive Henry H.
Rogers, scientist Nikola
Tesla, journalist Ida M.
Tarbell, educator Booker T.
Washington, several U.S.
presidents, and European
royalty. During his
lifetime, Twain became know
for many of his witty quotes
5. FAMILY
In 1870, Twain
married his
wife, Olivia, who
exposed him to
new ideas
including
abolition, women's
rights and social
equality, They had
three daughters
7. HALLEY’S COMET
Twain was born only two
weeks after the closest
approach of Halley's
Comet, which returns every
75-76 years. He predicted that
because he came in with the
comet, he would also go out
with it. Oddly enough, he did
just that. Twain died on April
21, 1910, just a day after
Halley's Comet's closest
approach to the Earth.
8. EMPHASIS ON DEATH
He died and was regarded as the
Father of American Literature.
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