Age, Biography and Wiki
Birth Day | April 12, 1822 |
Birth Place | Norwich, CT |
Age | 197 YEARS OLD |
Died On | Dec 15, 1908 (age 86) |
Birth Sign | Aries |
Net worth: $2.10 billion (2024)
About
An American Essayist and fiction Writer, he is particularly known for his essay collection, Reveries of a Bachelor, which focuses on the dream-like lives of mid-nineteenth-century Americans. His other works include Doctor Johns (1866) and My Farm of Edgewood: A Country Book (1863).
Before Fame
He graduated from Yale College, where he studied both law and literature. He subsequently served as a U.S. consul in Venice, Italy.
Trivia
His Reveries of a Bachelor was a favorite book of poet Emily Dickinson.
Family Life
He was the Connecticut-born son of Politician Stephen Mix Mitchell.
Associated With
He and Harry Whitney were both members of the Skull and Bones society at Yale.