Francis

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Francis is the given first name of the American author and poet Bret Harte, known for his stories of the California Gold Rush.

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Francis canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
alsoKnownAs Bret Harte
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Albany, New York schools
employer Overland Monthly
ethnicGroup American of Jewish descent
familyName Harte
father Henry Harte
fullName Bret Harte
surface form: Francis Bret Harte
genre Western fiction
short stories
givenName Francis self-linksurface differs
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement local color writing
regionalism
notableFor depicting life in mining camps
influencing later Western writers
stories about the California Gold Rush
notableWork Tennessee’s Partner
surface form: Tennessee's Partner

The Luck of Roaring Camp
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
occupation author
poet
short story writer
placeOfBirth Albany
surface form: Albany, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Camberley
surface form: Camberley, Surrey, England
residence California, United States
surface form: California

England
New York
sexOrGender male
spouse Anna Griswold Harte
workLocation California, United States
surface form: California

San Francisco
writingStyle use of humor and irony
vivid characterization of frontier types

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Bret Harte givenName Francis
Francis givenName Francis self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Francis Bret Harte