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1807 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Born
He was one of Portland's Most Famous Residents
All who knew him found Henry to have a “lively imagination,” as well as a thirst for learning. At the young age of three years old he was already well on his way to learning his alphabet. When he was five years old, his parents sent him to the Portland Academy, the private institution where his older brother, Stephen, enrolled also. As was the custom for the time, the two brothers focused most of their studies on languages and literature. Always a writer at heart, when Henry wasn’t in school he would plan elaborate writing projects with his childhood friend, William Browne. At the age of fourteen, Henry passed the entrance exam for Maine’s first college, Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
HW taught at, and wrote from, from this College. He wrote a great many works, and is known as America's first Poet-Laureate. When he died at the age of seventy-five years on March 22, 1882, he left behind him the legacy of “America’s Most Beloved Poet.” To this day, Longfellow’s words capture the emotions and aspirations within us all. I share one thing in common with HW... We both liked the same lighthouse!
The Longfellow House in Portland is a popular visitor's stop:
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Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807 in Portland,Maine to Stephen and
Zilpah Longfellow. He was their second child in what was soon to be a
family of eight children.
