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1807 – 1892John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)Died 7 September 1892, aged 84John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and prominent abolitionist whose verse, including "Snow-Bound," was widely read in nineteenth-century America. He was among the group known as the Fireside Poets.