Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow across 4 places, from 1807 to 1879.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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27 February 1807exact date
Portland, Maineattested“Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807, to Stephen Longfellow and Zilpah (Wadsworth) Longfellow in Portland, Maine, then a district of Massachusetts.”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
May 1829month
Spainattested“While in Spain, Longfellow was saddened to learn that his favorite sister Elizabeth had died of tuberculosis at the age of 20 in May 1829.”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1837year
Cambridgeattested“He was required to live in Cambridge to be close to the campus and, therefore, rented rooms at the Craigie House in the spring of 1837.”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1837year
Craigie Houseattested“He was required to live in Cambridge to be close to the campus and, therefore, rented rooms at the Craigie House in the spring of 1837.”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
22 August 1879exact date
Cambridgeattested“On August 22, 1879, a female admirer traveled to Longfellow's house in Cambridge and, unaware to whom she was speaking, asked him: "Is this the house where Longfellow was born?" He told her that it was not.”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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17 November 1820exact date
Portland, Mainementioned“He published his first poem at age 13 in the Portland Gazette on November 17, 1820, a patriotic and historical four-stanza poem called "The Battle of Lovell's Pond".”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1822year
Bowdoin Collegementioned“In the fall of 1822, 15-year-old Longfellow enrolled at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, along with his brother Stephen.”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1822year
Brunswick, Mainementioned“In the fall of 1822, 15-year-old Longfellow enrolled at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, along with his brother Stephen.”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
August 1829month
Francementioned“He traveled to France, Spain, Italy, Germany, back to France, then to England before returning to the United States in mid-August 1829.”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
August 1829month
Englandmentioned“He traveled to France, Spain, Italy, Germany, back to France, then to England before returning to the United States in mid-August 1829.”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
August 1829month
United Statesmentioned“He traveled to France, Spain, Italy, Germany, back to France, then to England before returning to the United States in mid-August 1829.”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
14 September 1831exact date
Portland, Mainementioned“On September 14, 1831, Longfellow married Mary Storer Potter, a childhood friend from Portland.”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1836year
United Statesmentioned“Longfellow returned to the United States in 1836 and took up the professorship at Harvard.”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1836year
Harvardmentioned“Longfellow returned to the United States in 1836 and took up the professorship at Harvard.”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
May 1841month
Americamentioned“Contemporaneous writer Edgar Allan Poe wrote to Longfellow in May 1841 of his "fervent admiration which [your] genius has inspired in me" and later called him "unquestionably the best poet in America".”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1842year
Spainmentioned“After returning, he published the play The Spanish Student in 1842, reflecting his memories from his time in Spain in the 1820s.”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
New Yorkmentioned“In 1874, Samuel Ward helped him sell the poem "The Hanging of the Crane" to The New York Ledger for $3,000 (~$ in ).”source: Wikipedia: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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