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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lavinia Norcross Dickinson canonical | 7 |
| Edward Dickinson – Lavinia Norcross Dickinson | 1 |
| Emily Dickinson – Lavinia Norcross Dickinson | 1 |
| Emily Norcross Dickinson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Lavinia Norcross Dickinson Context triple: [Emily Dickinson, sibling, Lavinia Norcross Dickinson]
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Maria White Lowell
Maria White Lowell was a 19th-century American poet and abolitionist, known both for her own literary work and for her influence on her husband, James Russell Lowell.
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Roxana Foote Beecher
Roxana Foote Beecher was an American woman of the early 19th century known primarily as the mother of author Harriet Beecher Stowe and as a member of the prominent Beecher family.
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Alice Mary Longfellow
Alice Mary Longfellow was an American philanthropist and preservationist best known for her work in historic education and for helping to preserve her father Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Cambridge home as a national literary landmark.
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Margaret Kemble Gage
Margaret Kemble Gage was an American-born socialite of the colonial era, best known as the wife of British General Thomas Gage and for later speculation that she may have secretly warned American patriots of British military plans before the Revolutionary War.
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Sarah Orne
Sarah Orne was the second wife of American patriot Paul Revere, with whom he had a large family in late 18th-century Boston.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Lavinia Norcross Dickinson Target entity description: 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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A.
Maria White Lowell
Maria White Lowell was a 19th-century American poet and abolitionist, known both for her own literary work and for her influence on her husband, James Russell Lowell.
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B.
Roxana Foote Beecher
Roxana Foote Beecher was an American woman of the early 19th century known primarily as the mother of author Harriet Beecher Stowe and as a member of the prominent Beecher family.
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C.
Alice Mary Longfellow
Alice Mary Longfellow was an American philanthropist and preservationist best known for her work in historic education and for helping to preserve her father Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Cambridge home as a national literary landmark.
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D.
Margaret Kemble Gage
Margaret Kemble Gage was an American-born socialite of the colonial era, best known as the wife of British General Thomas Gage and for later speculation that she may have secretly warned American patriots of British military plans before the Revolutionary War.
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E.
Sarah Orne
Sarah Orne was the second wife of American patriot Paul Revere, with whom he had a large family in late 18th-century Boston.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
literary executor ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Emily Dickinson
ⓘ
Emily Dickinson Museum ⓘ
surface form:
The Homestead (Emily Dickinson home)
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| birthDate | 1833-02-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Amherst, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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| 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
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ |
| familyRelationship |
younger sister of Emily Dickinson
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younger sister of William Austin Dickinson ⓘ |
| fullName | Lavinia Norcross Dickinson self-link ⓘ |
| 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
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literary executor of Emily Dickinson ⓘ |
| parent |
Edward Dickinson
ⓘ
Emily Dickinson ⓘ
surface form:
Emily Norcross Dickinson
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| placeOfBurial | West Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| residedAt |
Amherst, Massachusetts
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surface form:
The Homestead, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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| residence |
Amherst, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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| sibling |
Emily Dickinson
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William Austin Dickinson ⓘ |
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Subject: Lavinia Norcross Dickinson Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (10)
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