Alger

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Alger is a surname of English origin most notably associated with the American author Horatio Alger Jr., known for his 19th-century rags-to-riches novels.

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Alger canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American writer
English-language surname
author
cultural concept
family name
person
surname
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1832
dateOfDeath 1899
familyName Alger NERFINISHED
genre children's literature
didactic fiction
young adult fiction
givenName Horatio NERFINISHED
hasLanguageOfOrigin English
hasNotableAssociation Horatio Alger myth NERFINISHED
hasNotableBearer Horatio Alger Jr. NERFINISHED
hasUsage English-speaking countries
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainSubject social mobility in the United States
movement Gilded Age literature NERFINISHED
namedAfter Horatio Alger Jr. NERFINISHED
notableWork Luck and Pluck NERFINISHED
Ragged Dick NERFINISHED
Strive and Succeed NERFINISHED
Tattered Tom NERFINISHED
notableWorkTheme rags-to-riches
occupation clergyman
novelist
placeOfBirth Chelsea, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Natick, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
writingPeriod 19th century

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