Herman Melville
N 40° 53.550 W 073° 52.050
18T E 595400 N 4527440
Gravestone of famous "Moby-Dick" author Herman Melville.
Waymark Code: WMKJGE
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 04/21/2014
Views: 8
Headstone of a famous author found in Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, NY). This site contains many famous final resting places.
Description:
Herman Melville is buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, NY. Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, poet, and writer of short stories. His contributions to the Western canon are the whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851); the short work Bartleby, the Scrivener (1853) about a clerk in a Wall Street office; the slave ship narrative Benito Cereno (1855); and Billy Budd, Sailor.
Date of birth: 08/01/1819
Date of death: 09/28/1891
Area of notoriety: Literature
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Normal visiting hours are every day from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Fee required?: No
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