Samuel Longfellow
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| Samuel Longfellow | |
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| Born | June 18, 1819 Portland, Maine, USA |
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| Died | October 3, 1892 Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA |
| Resting place | Western Cemetery, Portland, Maine, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard College, Harvard Divinity School |
| Occupation | Clergyman and hymn writer |
| Religious beliefs | Unitarian |
| Relatives | Brother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Samuel Longfellow (1819-1892) was an American clergyman and hymn writer.
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[edit] Biography
Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine to Stephen and Zilpah (Wadsworth) Longfellow; he is the younger brother of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He attended Harvard College and Harvard Divinity School, where his classmates included Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Samuel Johnson; he would later collaborate with Johnson in his hymn-writing. He is considered part of the second-generation of transcendentalists;[1] after becoming a Unitarian pastor, he adapted the Transcendental philosophy he had encountered in divinity school into his hymns and sermons. He served as a pastor in Fall River, Massachusetts (1848), Brooklyn, New York (1853), and Germantown, Pennsylvania (1860).
[edit] Selected bibliography
- A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion, 1846, jointly edited with Samuel Johnson. This collection was enlarged and revised in 1860.
- Thalatta: a Book for the Seaside, with Thomas W. Higginson, 1853
- Vespers, 1859
- Hymns of the Spirit, 1864 (jointly edited with Samuel Johnson)
- The Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1886
- Memoir and Letters, 1894
[edit] References
- ^ Gura, Philip F. American Transcendentalism: A History. New York: Hill and Wang, 2007: 8. ISBN 0-8090-3477-8
