Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
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Lavinia Norcross Dickinson was the devoted sister of poet Emily Dickinson, best known for preserving and arranging Emily’s manuscripts after her death, which led to the posthumous publication of Emily’s work.
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| instanceOf |
American
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literary executor → person → |
| associatedWith |
Emily Dickinson
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The Homestead (Emily Dickinson home) → |
| birthDate |
1833-02-28
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| birthPlace |
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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| causeOfNotability |
ensuring Emily Dickinson’s poetry reached a public audience
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| collaboratedWith |
Mabel Loomis Todd
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| deathDate |
1899-08-31
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| deathPlace |
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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| decision |
chose to have Emily Dickinson’s poems edited and published
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| discovered |
Emily Dickinson’s cache of poems after Emily’s death
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| education |
Amherst Academy
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| era |
19th century
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| familyName |
Dickinson
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| familyRelationship |
younger sister of Emily Dickinson
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younger sister of William Austin Dickinson → |
| fullName |
Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
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| gender |
female
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| givenName |
Lavinia
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| householdRole |
lived in the Dickinson family home with Emily Dickinson
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| knownFor |
arranging Emily Dickinson’s poems for publication
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preserving Emily Dickinson’s manuscripts → promoting the posthumous publication of Emily Dickinson’s work → |
| neverMarried |
true
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| notableEvent |
opened Emily Dickinson’s locked chest of manuscripts after Emily’s death
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| occupation |
homemaker
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literary executor of Emily Dickinson → |
| parent |
Edward Dickinson
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Emily Norcross Dickinson → |
| placeOfBurial |
West Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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| religion |
Protestantism
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| residedAt |
The Homestead, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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| residence |
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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| sibling |
Emily Dickinson
NERFINISHED
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William Austin Dickinson NERFINISHED → |
Referenced by (5)
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Edward Dickinson
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child |
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Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
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fullName |
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West Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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notableBurial |
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Edward Dickinson
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parentOf |
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Emily Dickinson
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sibling |