Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Wikipedia Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Biography, Poems, Facts | Britannica Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (born February 27, 1807, Portland, Massachusetts [now in Maine], U S —died March 24, 1882, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was the most popular American poet in the 19th century, known for such works as The Song of Hiawatha (1855) and “Paul Revere’s Ride” (1863)
10 Greatest Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Written at a time when he was already renowned, Longfellow showcases his brilliance and versatility in what seems a ghostly poem at first But then subtlety takes over and the reader is introduced to how psychic phenomena and worldly desires may go hand in hand
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - U. S. National Park Service Longfellow is one of the monumental cultural figures of nineteenth-century America, the nation's preeminent poet in his era, whose verse is notable for its lyric beauty, its gentle moralizing, and its immense popularity
About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a commanding figure in the cultural life of nineteenth-century America Born in Portland, Maine in 1807, he became a national literary figure by the 1850s, and a world-famous personality by the time of his death in 1882
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American Battlefield Trust An American poet and writer, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s verses shaped perceptions of American history and inspired the generation of Civil War soldiers He ranked among the American authors who were internationally recognized in the early and mid-19 th Century
About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Academy of American Poets Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine—then still part of Massachusetts—on February 27, 1807, the second son in a family of eight children His mother, Zilpah Wadsworth, was the daughter of a Revolutionary War hero