Born in 1807, died in 1882; graduated from Bowdoin in 1825;
traveled in Europe in 1826-29; professor at Bowdoin in
1829-35; again visited Europe in 1835-86; professor at
Harvard in 1836-54; published "Voices of the Night" in 1839,
"Evangeline" in 1847, "Hiawatha" in 1855, "Miles Standish"
in 1858; "Tales of a Wayside Inn" in 1863, a translation of
Dante in 1867-70, "The Divine Tragedy" in 1871, and many
other volumes of verse; his prose writings include
"Outre-Mer," published in 1835, and two novels, "Hyperion,"
published in 1839, and "Kavanagh," in 1849.