Edward Dickinson

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civic leader human lawyer politician

Edward Dickinson was a prominent 19th-century Amherst lawyer, politician, and civic leader best known as the father of poet Emily Dickinson.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civic leader → human → lawyer → politician →
affiliation	Amherst College NERFINISHED →
associatedWithPlace	Amherst, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
burialPlace	West Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
child	Austin Dickinson → Emily Dickinson NERFINISHED → Lavinia Norcross Dickinson →
civicRole	leader in Amherst town affairs →
countryRepresented	United States of America NERFINISHED →
dateOfBirth	1803-01-01 →
dateOfDeath	1874-06-16 →
educatedAt	Yale College NERFINISHED → Yale Law School NERFINISHED →
era	19th century →
father	Samuel Fowler Dickinson →
gender	male →
knownFor	father of poet Emily Dickinson →
managed	Dickinson family homestead in Amherst →
memberOf	Republican Party (United States) → Whig Party →
mother	Lucretia Gunn Dickinson →
name	Edward Dickinson NERFINISHED →
nationality	American →
notableWork	development of Amherst civic institutions →
occupation	banker → lawyer → politician → treasurer →
parentOf	Austin Dickinson → Emily Dickinson NERFINISHED → Lavinia Norcross Dickinson →
placeOfBirth	Amherst, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
positionHeld	member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives → member of the Massachusetts Senate → member of the United States House of Representatives → treasurer of Amherst College →
religion	Calvinism → Congregationalism →
representedDistrict	10th congressional district of Massachusetts →
residence	Amherst, Massachusetts, United States →
spouse	Emily Norcross Dickinson →
termEnd	1855-03-03 →
termStart	1853-03-04 →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Emily Dickinson →	father