John Greenleaf Whittier

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Quaker abolitionist editor human journalist poet

John Greenleaf Whittier was a prominent 19th-century American Quaker poet and abolitionist best known for his anti-slavery writings and New England regional verse.

Aliases (2)

New England poets ×1
Whittier ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Quaker → abolitionist → editor → human → journalist → poet →
awardReceived	honorary degree from Harvard University → honorary degree from Yale University →
burialPlace	Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Massachusetts →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1807-12-17 →
dateOfDeath	1892-09-07 →
educatedAt	Haverhill Academy →
ethnicGroup	Yankee →
familyName	Whittier →
genre	abolitionist literature → lyric poetry → regional poetry → religious poetry →
givenName	John →
hasHeritage	New England Yankee →
influencedBy	New England rural life → Quaker beliefs →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mannerOfDeath	natural causes →
middleName	Greenleaf →
movement	American Romanticism → Fireside Poets → abolitionism →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableWork	Barbara Frietchie → Ichabod → Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl → The Barefoot Boy → Voices of Freedom →
occupation	editor → journalist → poet →
participantIn	American Civil War era public discourse → American abolitionist movement →
placeOfBirth	Haverhill, Massachusetts →
placeOfDeath	Hampton Falls, New Hampshire →
politicalAlignment	anti-slavery →
religion	Quakerism →
residence	Amesbury, Massachusetts → Haverhill, Massachusetts →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Amesbury, Massachusetts → Massachusetts → Philadelphia →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl → The Barefoot Boy → Voices of Freedom →	author
Whittier College → Whittier, California →	namedAfter
American Anti-Slavery Society → Schoolroom Poets →	notableMember
Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Massachusetts →	associatedWith
Voices of Freedom →	associatedWithPerson
John Greenleaf Whittier ("Whittier") →	familyName
American Anti-Slavery Society →	foundedBy
The Atlantic Monthly →	founder
Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Massachusetts →	hasGraveOf
Fireside Poets →	hasMember
Robert Frost ("New England poets") →	influenced
Greenleaf →	isMiddleNameOf
Greenleaf →	nameBearerFullName
Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Massachusetts →	notableBurial
Haverhill Academy →	notableStudent
A Fable for Critics →	portrays
Ticknor and Fields →	publishedAuthor