Herman Melville birthday: 5 unique facts beyond Moby Dick

Herman Melville birthday: 5 unique facts beyond Moby Dick Nascimento Pinto Mid-Day Lifestyle By Nascimento Pinto Published Aug 01, 2025 [{ "selector": ".imaoe-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(-309px)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Who is Herman Melville? Herman Melville is an American novelist and poet who was born on August 1 in 1819 and is popularly known for his work `Moby Dick` but there is more to him Pixabay [{ "selector": ".imaoe-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(-309px)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Birth Melville was born in New York City to a wealthy merchant, but became a sailor in 1839 after his family fell on hard times due to the death of his father Pixabay [{ "selector": ".imaoe-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(-309px)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Uniqueness of his works Sailing on the merchant ship St Lawrence and later the whaler Acushnet, many of his works are inspired from his time at sea starting with Typee (1846) Pixabay [{ "selector": ".imaoe-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(-309px)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

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