The Life and Works of Herman Melville. COLLECTING HERMAN MELVILLE by William S. Reese. By William S.
Reese (From The Gazette of the Grolier Club, 1993) Herman Melville Biography. Herman Melville. Herman Melville Family Father: Allan Melvill Mother: Maria Gansevoort MelvillHomes New York City, New York Albany, New York Pittsfield, Massachusetts Lansingburgh (later Troy), New York Occupations cabin boy seaman American novelist, short-story writer, poet ran father's felt and fur business with his brother Gansevoort after their father's death bank clerk teacher critic for literary journal worked as a farm hand for an uncle, Thomas Melvill customs inspector.
