Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American poet and educator (1807-1882) · United States · Writers · Died at 75
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Something wrong?Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 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.
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Birthplace of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Portland, Maine, c. 1910; the house was demolished in 1955.
Mary Storer Potter became Longfellow's first wife in 1831 and died four years later.
After a seven-year courtship, Longfellow married Frances Appleton in 1843
Fanny Appleton Longfellow, with sons Charles and Ernest, circa 1849
Longfellow circa 1850, daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes
Grave of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Mount Auburn Cemetery
Longfellow and his friend Senator Charles SumnerAwards
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