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
Emily Dickinson Museum
surface form: The Homestead (Emily Dickinson home)
birthDate 1833-02-28
birthPlace Amherst, Massachusetts
surface form: 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
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
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
literary executor of Emily Dickinson
parent Edward Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
surface form: Emily Norcross Dickinson
placeOfBurial West Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
religion Protestantism
residedAt Amherst, Massachusetts
surface form: The Homestead, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
residence Amherst, Massachusetts
surface form: Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
sibling Emily Dickinson
William Austin Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson sibling Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
Lavinia Norcross Dickinson fullName Lavinia Norcross Dickinson self-link
Edward Dickinson parentOf Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
Edward Dickinson child Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
Emily Dickinson Museum notableResident Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
Dickinson family notableMember Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
this entity surface form: Emily Norcross Dickinson
Dickinson family notableMember Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
Dickinson family hasSiblingRelationship Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
this entity surface form: Emily Dickinson – Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
Dickinson family hasParentChildRelationship Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
this entity surface form: Edward Dickinson – Lavinia Norcross Dickinson