Birth Name: Owen Wister
Occupation: Novelist
Place Of Birth: Philadelphia
Date Of Birth: July 14, 1860
Date Of Death: July 21, 1938
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Owen Wister was born on the 14th of July, 1860. He was best known for being a Novelist. An author of popular fiction set in the American West, he is best known for his 1902 novel, The Virginian, which established the cowboy as the archetypical American folk hero. His other works include Lady Baltimore (novel), Ulysses S. Grant (biography), and Red Men and White (short stories).
Owen Wister was born in Philadelphia. He briefly studied music in Paris before matriculating at Harvard Law School in the 1880s. He published his first novel, The Dragon of Wantley: His Tale, in 1892. His best-known work, The Virginian, established not only the cowboy archetype (a loner with a strong moral code), but also such Western genre staples as the heroine in need of saving and the climactic gun-battle showdown.
Owen Wister was a Cancer and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Owen Wister was born in 1860s.
Owen Wister is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
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Owen Wister was born in the Year of the Monkey.
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| REAL NAME: | Owen Wister |
| NICKNAME: | Owen |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Cancer |
| BIRTH DAY: | Saturday |
| DEATH DAY: | Thursday |
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Zodiac Sign: Owen Wister was a Cancer. People of this zodiac sign like home-based hobbies, relaxing near or in water, helping loved ones, and dislike strangers, revealing of personal life. The strengths of this sign are being loyal, emotional, sympathetic, tenacious, persuasive, while weaknesses can be moody, pessimistic, suspicious, manipulative and insecure. The greatest overall compatibility with Cancer is Capricorn and Taurus.
Chinese Zodiac: Owen Wister was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign love to make people laugh and are generally energetic and upbeat but sometimes lack self-control.
Ruling Planet: Owen Wister had a ruling planet of Moon and has a ruling planet of Moon and by astrological associations Sunday is ruled by moon. The Moon represents one's nurturing and emotional instinct. People who are born with Moon as the ruling planet are sensitive, nurturing, and usually have fluctuating moods.
Owen Wister’s birth sign is Cancer and he had a ruling planet of Moon.
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