Sarah Helen Whitman

Sarah Helen Whitman
Sarah Helen Whitman, painted by John Nelson Arnold, after an original painting by Cephas Giovanni Thompson
Born
Sarah Helen Power

(1803-01-19)January 19, 1803
DiedJune 27, 1878(1878-06-27) (aged 75)
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Occupation(s)Poet, essayist
Spouse
John Winslow Whitman
(m. 1828; died 1833)
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Sarah Helen Power Whitman (January 19, 1803 – June 27, 1878) was an American poet, essayist, transcendentalist, spiritualist and a romantic interest of Edgar Allan Poe.