Lew Wallace
Apr 10, 1827 - Feb 15, 1905 (77 years old) in Brookville, Indiana, USA
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Lewis "Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827 – February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, governor, Union general in the American Civil War, politician and author, best remembered for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
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