Lew Wallace
(1827-1905)
American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician, and author of 'Ben Hur'
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Lewis Wallace (April 10, 1827 – February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, artist, and author from Indiana. Among his novels and biographies, Wallace is best known for his historical adventure story, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), a bestselling novel that has been called "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century."
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10 April 1827 Brookville, Indiana, United States
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15 February 1905 (aged 77) Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States
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