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Ambrose Bierce was born on June 24, 1842[1], in Meigs County[2]. He died on 1914[3] in Chihuahua City[4]. He worked as a writer[5], journalist[6], aphorist[7], poet[8], and science fiction writer[9]. He ranks in the top 0.61% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,155 views/month, #6,151 of 1,000,298).[10]
Ambrose Bierce has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] He is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]
He has been cited as an influence by H. L. Mencken[41], a satirist[42], 1880–1956[43], of United States[44] and Edwin Markham[45], a writer[46], 1852–1940[47], of United States[48], awarded the Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets[49].
Works attributed to him include An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge[50], a literary work[51] and The Devil's Dictionary[52], a literary work[53], founded in 1881[54].
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Where was Ambrose Bierce born?
Ambrose Bierce's place of birth was Meigs County[2].
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