Henry wadsworth longfellow autobiography
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Henry wadsworth longfellow autobiography
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Biography
Born: February 27, 1807
Portland, Maine
Died: March 24, 1882
Cambridge, Massachusetts
American poet
The sentimental (appealing to the emotions) poems of the American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow made him an extremely popular author at home and in other countries in the nineteenth century.
Early life
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, on February 27, 1807, into an established New England family. As the son of a prominent lawyer, Henry was expected to have a similar profession as an adult.
He attended Portland Academy and then Bowdoin College, in Maine, graduating in 1825. He was an excellent student whose skill in learning foreign languages led the trustees (persons appointed to administer the affairs of an institution) at Bowdoin (of which his father was one) to offer the young graduate a professorship of modern languages.
He prepared himself further with study abroad (in Europe), at his own exp