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Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835 in the small town of Florida, Missouri. In 1839 Clemens family moved to a growing port city, Hannibal, which lied on the banks of the Mississippi. At the age of 17 he became a river pilot’s apprentice; later in 1858 he became a licensed river pilot. His name then was changed to Mark Twain which means that is safe to navigate. The idea came from a river term that means 2 fathoms (used for measuring the depth of water.)