The Splendiferously Bearded Writers Social Club: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  • Name: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • DOB: 02/27/1807
  • Member Since: 1863
  • Status: Charter member
  • Important Role: Manning the punch bowl at club functions.
  • Hobbies: Reading Latin; translating Dante; writing poetry; styling his luxurious white beard into tiny braids.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1868

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1868