Lew Wallace

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Union Army general diplomat human lawyer novelist politician

Lew Wallace was a 19th-century American Civil War general, lawyer, and author best known for writing the biblical historical novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ."

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Lew Wallace canonical 11
Lew Wallace and Jubal A. Early 1

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instanceOf Union Army general ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
admittedToBar Indiana ⓘ
appointedAsGovernorBy Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
birthName Lewis Wallace ⓘ
burialPlace Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath stomach cancer ⓘ
child Henry Lane Wallace ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1827-04-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1905-02-15 ⓘ
education studied law in Indiana ⓘ
endTimeAsMinisterToOttomanEmpire 1885 ⓘ
endTimeOfPosition 1881 ⓘ
father David Wallace ⓘ
fatherOccupation Governor of Indiana ⓘ
genre Christian fiction ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ
givenName Lewis ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
marriageStart 1852 ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
militaryRank major general ⓘ
nickname Lew Wallace self-link ⓘ
notableFor writing the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ ⓘ
notableWork Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
occupation author ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Fort Donelson ⓘ
Battle of Monocacy ⓘ
Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brookville, Indiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of New Mexico Territory ⓘ
United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
publicationDateOfWork_Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1880 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States ⓘ
spouse Susan Arnold Elston Wallace ⓘ
startTimeAsMinisterToOttomanEmpire 1881 ⓘ
startTimeOfPosition 1878 ⓘ

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Ben-Hur → basedOnAuthor → Lew Wallace ⓘ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film) → basedOnAuthor → Lew Wallace ⓘ
Battle of Monocacy → commander → Lew Wallace ⓘ
Battle of Monocacy → primaryOpposingCommanders → Lew Wallace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lew Wallace and Jubal A. Early
Ben Hur (1907 film) → hasOriginalWorkAuthor → Lew Wallace ⓘ
Lew Wallace → nickname → Lew Wallace self-link ⓘ
Thomas Farm → associatedWith → Lew Wallace ⓘ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (novel) → author → Lew Wallace ⓘ
subject surface form: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Messala → createdBy → Lew Wallace ⓘ
The Battle That Saved Washington → UnionCommander → Lew Wallace ⓘ
Union VIII Corps → notableCommander → Lew Wallace ⓘ
village of Lincoln, New Mexico → associatedWithPerson → Lew Wallace ⓘ
subject surface form: Lincoln, New Mexico