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Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose BierceAKA Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce

Born: 24-Jun-1842
Birthplace: Horse Cave Creek, OH
Died: c. 1914
Location of death: Mexico
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Missing

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author, Journalist, Lexicographer

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Devil's Dictionary

Military service: US Army (fought on Union side in Civil War, head injury)

Father: Marcus Aurelius Bierce
Mother: Laura
Wife: Mary Ellen Day (m. 1871)
Son: Day (b. 1872)
Son: Leigh (b. 1874)
Daughter: Helen (b. 1875)

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Author of books:
The Fiend's Delight (1872)
Nuggets and Dust Panned Out in California (1872)
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull (1874)
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891, short stories)
In the Midst of Life (1892, short stories)
Can Such Things Be? (1893, short stories)
The Devil's Dictionary (1911, nonfiction)


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