The Man That Was Used Up

1839 short story by Edgar Allan Poe
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1089502
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The Man That Was Used Up

Summary

The Man That Was Used Up is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Man That Was Used Up authored Edgar Allan Poe[3].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's image is recorded as Murders Rue Morgue 1843 prose.jpg[4].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's genre is recorded as literature[6].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's language of work or name is recorded as American English[7].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's publication date is recorded as +1839-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02psxnp[11].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's Open Library ID is recorded as OL32908303M[12].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's has edition or translation is recorded as Q17352562[13].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's has edition or translation is recorded as The man that was used up[14].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 84428[15].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The man that was used up'}[16].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'I cannot just now remember when or where I first made the acquaintance of that truly fine-looking fellow, Brevet Brigadier General John A. B. C. Smith.'}[17].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brevet Brigadier General John A. B. C. Smith was the man—the man that was used up.'}[18].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's copyright status is recorded as public domain[19].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's copyright status is recorded as public domain[20].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's NooSFere story ID is recorded as 21714[21].
  • The Man That Was Used Up's form of creative work is recorded as short story[22].

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Works and Contributions

The Man That Was Used Up authored Edgar Allan Poe[3].

Why It Matters

The Man That Was Used Up ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · PGS 1984 · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vegetti catalog of fantastic literature nilf id 1063311
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2191]]: 1063311"
  2. 6w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Country of origin United States
    Author Edgar Allan Poe
    Form of creative work short story
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:دی مین دیٹ واز یوزڈ اپ]]"
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