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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American poet
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Born:
February 27, 1807, Portland, Massachusetts [now in Maine], U.S.
Died:
March 24, 1882, Cambridge, Massachusetts (aged 75)
Awards And Honors:
Hall of Fame (1900)

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). Longfellow attended private schools and the Portland Academy. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825. At college he was attracted especially to Sir Walter Scott’s romances and Washington Irving’s Sketch Book, and his verses appeared in national magazines. He was so fluent in translating that on graduation he was offered a professorship in modern languages provided that ...(100 of 935 words)

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