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


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