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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Biography

Family and boyhood

American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow () was born on the 27th of February , at Portland, Maine. His ancestor, William Longfellow, had immigrated to Newbury, Massachusetts, in , from Yorkshire, England. His father was Stephen Longfellow, a lawyer and United States congressman, and his mother, Zilpha Wadsworth, a descendant of John Alden and of “Priscilla, the Puritan maiden.”

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His boyhood was spent mostly in his native town, which he never ceased to love, and whose beautiful surroundings and quiet, pure life he has described in his poem “My Lost Youth.” Here he grew up in the midst of majestic peace, which was but once broken, and that by an ev

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American poet and educator (–)

"Henry Wadsworth" and "Longfellow" redirect here. For the actor, see Henry Wadsworth (actor). For other uses, see Longfellow (disambiguation).

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, – March 24, ) was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", "The Song of Hiawatha", and "Evangeline". He was the first American to completely translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets from New England.

Longfellow was born in Portland, District of Maine, Massachusetts (now Portland, Maine). He graduated from Bowdoin College and became a professor there and, later, at Harvard College after studying in Europe. His first major poetry collections were Voices of the Night () and Ballads and Other Poems (). He retired from teaching in to focus on his writing, and he lived the remainder of his life in the Revolutionary War headquarters of George Washington i

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an accomplished polyglot, having the ability to speak eight different languages fluently.

Henry David Thoreau was a student of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at Harvard University.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a part of the graduating class at Bowdoin College, which also included the renowned author Nathaniel Hawthorne.

He is the only American to have received a bust in Westminster Abbey in London, England.

Well-known phrases, such as &#;into every life, some rain must fall&#; and &#;ships that pass in the night,&#; can be found in the poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had a fondness for dogs.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the first American to produce an English translation of Dante Alighieri&#;s “Divine Comedy.”

At 13 years old, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had his first poem published in the Portland Gazette.

The United States Postal Service released a stamp featuring a portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfel