MarkTwain

1835-191019/1/2023Einstein

MarkTwainsimilararr29/1/2023BirthDate:Nov.30,1835Place:Florida,Missouri3

Howdidhispennamecamefrom?SamuelLanghorneClemens塞謬爾·朗赫恩·克萊門斯4he'sfamilymovedto

HannibalMissouriin183959/1/2023FamilySixthchildinsevenchildrenFather:poorlawyerMother:diedwhenhewas4Brother:Benjamin,diedthreeyearslaterAmonghisbrothersandsisters,onlytwosurvived.6whenTwainwas11,(1847)hisfatherdiedofpneumonia（肺炎）.79/1/2023

Heleftschoolat13andbecameafull-timeapprentice（學徒）toaprinter.andthenworkedinHannibalJournalwhichestablishbyhisbrother

89/1/20231858,hewas22,hecamebacktoMissouriandbecameariverpilot99/1/2023hebecameaminerinthesilver-miningtownofVirginiaCity109/1/2023Careerasajournalist119/1/2023thebirthof

“MarkTwain”“MarkTwain”whichmeans“watermarktwo”,wasacallusedbysailorsontheMississippitowarmshipmatesthattheywerecomingintoshallowwater.他的筆名馬克?吐溫就取自船工生活：mark是“測標”，twain為“兩英尋（合12英尺）”，“測標兩英尋”說明仍是安全水位。129/1/2023hebeganuse“MarkTwain”in1863139/1/2023149/1/2023Hismostproductiveyears

＆hismarriage159/1/2023HisMarriage

At34yearsoldhemarriedOliviaLangdonClemens,daughterofaNewYorkcoalmagnate,amemberofthecountry’swealthyelite.169/1/2023Financialdifficulties

andpersonalmisfortunes

Heinvested（投資）largelyonhisownprintingshopandbecamebankrupt.Heavilyindebt,hemadealecturingtourabroadandsucceededinpayingallhisdebts,butruinedhisownhealth.179/1/2023189/1/2023Thecouple'smarriagelasted34years,untilOlivia'sdeathin19