Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Source and license are linked in the caption.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Born

American poet and educator (1807–1882).

Quick Facts

Died
1882-03-24
Occupation
translator · poet · novelist · professor · writer
Citizenship
United States
Birthplace
Portland
Affiliation
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Affiliation
Phi Beta Kappa Society

Awards & Nominations

Date / resultAward / category
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Received
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
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Received
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Works & Screen Credits

  • The Song of Hiawathaepic poem
  • The Courtship of Miles Standish
  • Voices of the Nightpoetry collection
  • The Children's Hourpoem
  • The Poet and his Songspoem
  • The Bridgepoem
  • The Builderspoem
  • The Old Clock on the Stairspoem
  • The Two Angelspoem
  • The Rainy Daypoem
  • Paul Revere's Ride
  • From my Arm-Chairpoem
  • The Building of the Shippoem
  • The Light of Starspoem
  • King Trisankupoem
  • The Legend Beautiful
  • Flowerspoem
  • Children Childrenpoem
  • Santa Filomenapoem
  • Resignationpoem
  • A Psalm of Lifepoem
  • The Singerspoem
  • The Sifting of Peterpoem
  • Old St. David's at Radnorpoem
  • The Ladder of St. Augustinepoem
  • The Village Blacksmithpoem
  • The Wreck of the Hesperuspoem
  • The Skeleton in Armourpoem
  • Afternoon in Februarypoem
  • Charles Sumnerpoem
  • Curfewpoem
  • Decoration Daypoem
  • The Open Window
  • Stay, Stay at Home, my Heart, and Rest

Education

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s education and training.

  • Bowdoin College

Languages

Other languages

  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • English
  • French
  • Portuguese

Sources & Credits

Wikidata · Q152513 ↗
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