John Greenleaf Whittier, American Poet(1807-1892)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: John Greenleaf Whittier
• Birth: December 17, 1807, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: September 7, 1892, Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, USA
• Language: English
• Who he was: American poet and anti-slavery activist who wrote Old Portraits and Modern Sketches; poems Barbara Frietchie and Snow-Bound; as well as anti-slavery writings
• Included in lists (What's This?): HC; Bloom

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