Horatio Alger Jr.

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American writer author children's writer novelist person

Horatio Alger Jr. was a 19th-century American author best known for his popular "rags-to-riches" novels that promoted the ideal of upward social mobility through hard work and virtue.

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Horatio Alger ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American writer → author → children's writer → novelist → person →
causeOfDeath	lung disease →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1832-01-13 →
dateOfDeath	1899-07-18 →
educatedAt	Harvard College → Harvard Divinity School →
familyName	Alger →
father	Horatio Alger Sr. →
fullName	Horatio Alger Jr. →
gender	male →
genre	children's literature → didactic fiction → young adult fiction →
givenName	Horatio →
hasInfluenced	American success myth → concept of the American Dream →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mainTheme	upward mobility through hard work and virtue →
mother	Olive Augusta Fenno Alger →
movement	Gilded Age literature →
nationality	American →
notableFor	didactic tales of upward social mobility → rags-to-riches stories →
notableWork	Luck and Pluck → Paul the Peddler → Phil the Fiddler → Ragged Dick → Strive and Succeed → Tattered Tom → The Cash Boy → The Errand Boy → The Telegraph Boy → The Train Boy → The Young Acrobat → The Young Actor → The Young Adventurer → The Young Circus Rider → The Young Explorer → The Young Miner → The Young Musician → The Young Outlaw → The Young Salesman →
occupation	author → clergyman → novelist →
period	19th century →
placeOfBirth	Chelsea, Massachusetts →
placeOfBurial	Natick, Massachusetts →
placeOfDeath	Natick, Massachusetts →
religion	Unitarianism →
stateOfBirth	Massachusetts →
stateOfDeath	Massachusetts →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Horatio Alger Jr. →	fullName
Horatio ("Horatio Alger") →	hasNotableBearerNameForm
Hollis Hall →	hasNotableResident