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Lewis (Lew) Wallace was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, 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."
Birth Name
Lewis Wallace
Born
Tuesday, 10 April 1827
Died
Wednesday, 15 February 1905
