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Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was a Human from the United States of America on Earth. Melville was best known as the author of the novel, Moby Dick.

Khan Noonien Singh quoted from Moby Dick quite frequently during his pursuit of Admiral James T. Kirk. (TOS movie: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)

When Captain Jean-Luc Picard refused to order the USS Enterprise-E abandoned and destroyed to stop the Borg from altering human history, Lily Sloane alluded to Moby Dick, comparing Picard's need for vengeance against the Borg with Ahab's obsession with the white whale. Sloane later admitted she had never actually read the novel. (TNG movie: Star Trek: First Contact)

External links

• Herman Melville article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Herman Melville article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

From Muppet Wiki

Moby the whale

Herman Melville (1819 – 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet. His longest novel, Moby-Dick won recognition in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature.

References

• Two whales named Molly and Melville appeared in episode 519 of The Muppet Show, singing "Friendship" with Kermit and Robin.
• Animal spoofed Melville's Moby Dick (with a whale) in an installment of Animal Theatre on Muppets.com.
• Commander Melville's is a friendly whale who appears in the 1979 storybook Muppets at Sea.
• Ed Grimley's pet goldfish Moby may be named in a reference to Melville's novel Moby-Dick.
• Professor Grover reads the opening line of Moby Dick in a "libro" he uses in a Spanish Word of the Day sketch.

Molly and Melville

Commander Melville