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1830 |
December 10th |
Born |
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1840 |
September |
Enters Amherst Academy |
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1847 |
September |
Enters Mt. Holyoke Seminary |
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1850 |
December 10th |
Meets Susan |
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1852 |
February 20th |
published- poem |
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1856 |
July 1st |
Austin marries Susan Gilbert |
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1862 |
April 15th |
Higginson letter |
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1864-1865 |
February |
Boston ophthalmologist |
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1866 |
January 27th |
Carlo died |
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1874 |
June 16th |
Father died |
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1882 |
November 14th |
Mother died |
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1883 |
October 5th |
Gilbert died |
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1884 |
April |
Bright’s Disease |
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1886 |
May, 15th |
Emily Death date |
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1890 |
November 12th |
Poems published |
Emily Dickinson nude, Buffalo-horse 1969
NEW BOOK BY RAY HARWOOD:
If I were the fly on Emily Dickson’s wall—
What strange things would I recall?
