Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist this country has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature".

Robert Morton Hughes, an alumnus of the College of William and Mary, attended the University of Virginia Law School. He was the son of Robert William and Eliza M. (Johnston) Hughes. He practiced law in Norfolk, Virginia. Hughes was the president of the Virginia Bar Association; biographer of Joseph Eggleston Johnston; a member of the Virginia Board of Education; and served as a member and as rector of the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary.

1855 Born, in Abingdon, Virginia,the son of Robert William and Eliza M. [Johnston] Hughes 1870 1873 Attended College of William and Mary,A.B. 1877 M.A., University of Virginia 1877 Began law practice in Norfolk 1879 Married Mattie Smithof Williamsburg(two sons) 1893 1918 Member of the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary,served as Rector 1895 President, Virginia Bar Association 1930 1935 Member, Virginia State Board of Education 1940 Died in Norfolk, Virginia

From the guide to the Robert Morton Hughes Papers, 1715-1933., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary)
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