Bret Harte

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American author human journalist poet short story writer writer

Bret Harte was a 19th-century American author and poet best known for his short stories depicting life in the California Gold Rush.

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Francis Bret Harte 1

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instanceOf American author ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
burialPlace Frimley ⓘ
surface form: Frimley, Surrey, England
causeOfDeath throat cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1836-08-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1902-05-05 ⓘ
educatedAt Albany Academy ⓘ
employer Overland Monthly ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish descent on mother’s side ⓘ
familyName Harte ⓘ
fullName Bret Harte self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Francis Bret Harte
genre Western fiction ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
short story ⓘ
givenName Bret ⓘ
Francis ⓘ
hasChild Francis Harte ⓘ
Jessie Harte ⓘ
influenced American Western literature ⓘ
Mark Twain ⓘ
knownFor depicting life in the California Gold Rush ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Realism ⓘ
notableWork Gabriel Conroy ⓘ
Mrs. Skaggs’s Husbands ⓘ
Plain Language from Truthful James ⓘ
Tennessee’s Partner ⓘ
The Luck of Roaring Camp ⓘ
The Outcasts of Poker Flat ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
period 19th century ⓘ
placeOfBirth Albany ⓘ
surface form: Albany, New York
placeOfDeath Camberley ⓘ
surface form: Camberley, Surrey, England
positionHeld editor of Overland Monthly ⓘ
religion Unitarianism ⓘ
residence California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

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

San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California

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Bret Harte → fullName → Bret Harte self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Francis Bret Harte
Twain Harte → namedAfter → Bret Harte ⓘ
subject surface form: Alta California