Horace Ezra Bixby
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| Birthday |
8th May, 1826
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| Birthplace |
Geneseo, New York, US
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| Died |
1st August, 1912
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| Buried |
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, US
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Occupation Text |
Steamboat pilot, Steamboat captain, Inventor
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| Year(s) Active |
1848-1912
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Horace Ezra Bixby (May 8, 1826 – August 1, 1912) was a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio river system from the late 1840s until his death in 1912. Bixby is notable in his own right for his high standing in his profession, for his technical contributions to it, and for his service in the American Civil War. However, he is best known for having had as his "cub pilot" (that is, apprentice or trainee) the young man known to him as Sam Clemens, later to become famous under his pen name as American author Mark Twain. Twain's descriptions of Bixby's character and pedagogic style form a good part of his memoir Life on the Mississippi, and it was through this medium that Bixby—much to his annoyance—became well-known beyond the circles of his family, friends and profession.
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