Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (died 1882)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American poet and educator (1807–1882)

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…