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Henry Longfellow

Born into a prominent family on February 27, 1807, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow grew up in the bustling town of Portland, Maine. His parents Stephen and Zilpah Longfellow provided a strong, but refined, Puritan background, while encouraging Henry to excel in academics (Wagenknecht 2). Longfellow’s education began early, when he was enrolled in an “old-fashioned ‘dame’ school” at the age of three (Wagenknecht 4). His schooling continued in 1815 with his entrance into the Portland Academy. At the age of fourteen, Longfellow entered Bowdoin College where his academic brilliance earned him a position of fourth in a graduating class of thirty-eight (Williams, Preface). Stephen Longfellow encouraged his son to pursue a stable career in law, but Longfellow’s love of words led him to accept the “newly established professorship of modern languages at Bowdoin College” (Wagenknecht 3). He traveled extensively in France, Spain, Italy, and Germany to refine his language skills in preparation!

for his six-year long professorship.

Harvard University offered Longfellow the "Smith Professorship of French and Spanish" in 1834 and he, again, traveled to Europe. His wife of four years, Mary Storer Potter, accompanied him o

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