John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier (born December 17, 1807 in Haverhill , Massachusetts , † September 7, 1892 in Hampton Falls , New Hampshire ) was an American poet .
Early in his career he worked as a journalist for various newspapers in Haverhill and Boston and was co-editor of the New England Weekly Review . This Hartford, Connecticut magazine was the leading mouthpiece of the Whigs at the time . Whittier was a Quaker and an active opponent of slavery in the southern states . He was a member of the American Anti-Slavery Society . So he made known his abolitionist thoughts in his journalistic work, but also in poems like Ichabod . In addition to his extensive lyric work, he wrote the novel Leaves from Margaret Smith's Journal (1849). In 1871 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Whittier was one of the most respected writers in the United States during his lifetime; today he is almost forgotten. Some of his hymns are still sung today , especially Dear Lord and Father of mankind .
Numerous landscape and place names were named after him, u. a. the Quaker settlement of Whittier in California ; and Mount Whittier in Carroll County , New Hampshire , in the northern Ossipee Mountains.
His summer residence was Ossipee , New Hampshire.
literature
- Claus Bernet : John Greenleaf Whittier. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 32, Bautz, Nordhausen 2011, ISBN 978-3-88309-615-5 , Sp. 1492-1500.
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| SURNAME | Whittier, John Greenleaf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haverhill, Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1892 |
| Place of death | Hampton Falls , New Hampshire |