Bret Harte
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Person
- Born
- 1836-01-01
- Died
- 1902-01-01
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Writing · Albany, New York, USA
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Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. He was born in Albany, New York on August 25, 1836. He was named Francis Brett Hart after his great-grandfather Francis Brett. When he was young his father, Henry, changed the spelling of the family name from Hart to Harte. Henry's father — Bret's grandfather — was Bernard Hart, an Orthodox Jewish immigrant who flourished as a merchant <a href="h
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- Born
- Francis Brett Hart , ( 1836-08-25 ) August 25, 1836, Albany, New York , US
- Died
- May 5, 1902 (1902-05-05) (aged 65), Camberley , England
- Occupation
- Author
- Genre
- Fiction, poetry
- Spouse
- Anna Griswold (m. ca. 1862–1902; his death)
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- Born
- 1 January 1836
- Died
- 1 January 1902
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- male
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- United States
- Place of birth
- Albany
- Place of death
- London
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- teacher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- journalism
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- Bret Harte by Napoleon Sarony.jpg
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Francis Brett Hart (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902), known as Bret Harte (/hɑːrt/ HART), was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he also wrote poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches.
Harte moved from California to the eastern U.S. and later to Europe. He incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been those most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.
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