Ambrose Bierce AKA 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 Religion: Atheist Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author, Journalist, Lexicographer Nationality: United States Executive summary: The Devil's Dictionary Military service: Union Army (Civil War, head injury) Father: Marcus Aurelius Bierce (b. Aug-1799, d. 13-Feb-1876) Mother: Laura Sherwood (b. 1803, d. 1878) Sister: Abigail Bell Bierce Chappell (b. 1823, d. 1913) Sister: Amelia Josephine Bierce Guthrie (b. 1824, d. 1897) Sister: Ann Maria Bierce Good (b. 1826, d. 1905) Brother: Addison Byron Bierce Brother: Aurelius Bierce (b. 1830, d. 1862) Brother: Augustus F. Bierce (b. 1832, d. 1912) Sister: Almeda Sophia Bierce Pittenger (b. 1835, d. 1920) Brother: Andrew J. Bierce ("Dime", b. 1837, d. 1923) Brother: Albert Sherwood Bierce (b. 1840, d. 1914) Brother: Arthur Bierce (d. 1846) Sister: Adelia Bierce Sister: Aurelia Bierce Wife: Mary Ellen Day ("Mollie", m. 25-Dec-1871, sep. 1888, d. 27-Apr-1905) Son: Day (b. 18-Dec-1872, d. 16-Jul-1889, suicide) Son: Leigh (b. 29-Apr-1874, d. 31-Mar-1901, pneumonia) Daughter: Helen (b. 30-Oct-1875)
High School: Kentucky Military Institute (1859-60)
Cosmopolitan 1905-08 The San Francisco Examiner Columnist (1887-97) The Wasp Columnist (1881-86)
San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser Columnist (1868-72)
Bohemian Grove Secretary (1876-77) Shot: Battle head wound, Kennesaw Mountain, GA (23-Jun-1864) Brain Injury Declared Legally Dead Famous Missing Persons Risk Factors: Asthma
Author of books:
The Fiend's Delight (1873, collection) Nuggets and Dust Panned Out in California (1873, short stories) Cobwebs from an Empty Skull (1874, collection) Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891, short stories) Can Such Things Be? (1893, short stories) The Devil's Dictionary (1906, humor)
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