Henry W. Longfellow

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:poet
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Bowdoin_College
gptkbp:awards Honorary degree from Harvard University
gptkbp:born February 27, 1807
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Mount_Auburn_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Alice_Mary_Longfellow
gptkb:Ernest_Wadsworth_Longfellow
gptkb:Charles_Appleton_Longfellow
gptkb:Frances_Elizabeth_Longfellow
gptkbp:died March 24, 1882
gptkbp:famous_for Writing about history
Writing about nature
Writing about American themes
Translating Dante Alighieri
Writing about love
gptkbp:famous_quote “ Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!”
“ The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight.”
“ A Psalm of Life: Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!”
“ The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books.”
“ In the world’s broad field of battle, in the bivouac of Life, be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!”
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
Lyric poetry
Narrative poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Henry W. Longfellow
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Edgar_Allan_Poe
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Walt_Whitman
gptkb:Robert_Frost
gptkb:Carl_Sandburg
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:William_Wordsworth
gptkb:John_Milton
gptkb:Robert_Burns
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Song_of_Hiawatha
gptkb:Evangeline
gptkb:Paul_Revere's_Ride
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:educators
gptkb:poet
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Portland,_Maine
gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Frances_Appleton
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:North_Yarmouth
gptkb:South_Portland
gptkb:The_Golden_Legend
gptkb:Lititz
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5