Произход на псевдонима Херман Мелвил

Carl Van Vechten                        (June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964)

David Herbert Lawrence (September 11, 1885 – March 2, 1930)

Herman Melville                        (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891)

85=5*17, 91=7*13, 28 = 17+11, 17=1+7=August.

Годините 1819 & 1891 са съставени в чест на бащата Thomas Alexander, роден и починал на една и съща дата.

Herman = Herbert + Thomas Alexander, Melville = the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research

Andrew William Mellon (March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937)

Thomas Alexander Mellon (February 3, 1813 – February 3, 1908)

Richard Beatty Mellon (March 19, 1858 – December 1, 1933),

Moby Dick = Mellon Beatty Richard