Henry Longfellow

Henry Longfellow was born on 27 February 1807 Portland, Maine, USA to Stephen Longfellow and Zilpah (Wadsworth) Longfellow. 
He was a famous American poet in the 1800s. His legacy still lives on and he is considered the greatest American poet. 
== Early Life ==
Longfellow was born to a somewhat wealthy family. Many of whom were members of the military including his grandfather, Peleg Wadsworth who fought in the Rvolutionary War against the United Kingdom and later became a member of congress. He was named after his uncle, Henry Wadsworth, who fought and died in the Battle of Tripoli, Libya 3 years before his birth. 
During his school years, his mother forced him to study read and write a lot more. He became fascinated with poems such as  Robinson Crusoe and Don Quixote. He was also fluent in Latin.
At the age of 15, he enrolled in Bowdoin College in Brunswick with his brother. His grandfather founded the college in 1794. In college, he met Nathaniel Hawthorne who also became a poet. 
He was confident in pursuing his dream to become a poet. He wrote several poems during his time in college.
== Post-Graduation ==
Longfellow graduated in 1825 with the hope of continuing his poem making. 
He wanted to get a job at his college this required him to travel around Europe for three years learning different languages in France, Spain, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom and then returned to USA where he got the job as a professor and translated different books. 
In 1834, he decided to get a job at Harvard University which led him on another tour of Europe learning new languages. He returned in 1836 and got the job.
== Family ==
In 1831, he married Mary Storer Potter who later died due to miscarriage in 1835. 
He remarried in 1843 to Frances Appleton who made Longfellow a widow in 1861.
He had children: Charles Appleton Longfellow, Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow, Fanny Longfellow, Alice Mary Longfellow ,Edith Longfellow and Anne Allegra Longfellow. 
== Death ==
He died in 1882 due to Peritonitis at the age of 75 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.