Herman Melville

1819 – 1891

Everyone is aware that Herman Melville (1819-91), author of Moby Dick (1851), "Bartleby, the Scrivener" (1853), "Benito Cereno" (1855), "Billy Budd, Sailor" (c. 1891) and so many other well-known novels and tales, was one of the most important and influential fiction writers of…