# Jane Lampton Clemens

> Jane Lampton Clemens was the mother of author Mark Twain. She was the inspiration of the character "Aunt Polly" in Twain's 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. She was regarded as a "cheerful, affectionate, and strong woman" with a "gift for storytelling" and as the person from whom Mark Twain inherited his sense of humor.

*Mother of Mark Twain*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/jane-lampton-clemens

## Identity
- **Born:** 1803
- **Died:** 1890
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 1.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 4.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 34.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Jane Lampton Clemens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Lampton_Clemens)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96322060)

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