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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) Novelist Short Story Writer Central Figure of American Renaissance Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) Life Story Literary Characteristics The Scarlet Letter Life Story Childhood Education Career Childhood Birth: Salem, Massachusetts; July 4, 1804 Prominent ancestors: colonial magistrate (Quakers) judge (Salem Witchcraft Trial in 1692) father: sea captain dying in 1808 Leading a secluded life The Salem Witchcraft Trials Time: May-October of 1692 One of the darkest times in American history of religious tolerance Among the last outbreaks of the persecuti