Emily Dickinson was an American poet who lived most of her life in exclusive isolation and is considered by scholars to be one of the greatest poets of all time. Although her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd; it was not until 1955 that a completely unedited collection of her poems was published. Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830, and lived until May 15, 1886. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts into a prominent family. Emily, along with her siblings, attended a one-room primary school in Amherst. Emily then moved on to Amherst Academy.
While the strength of Amherst Academy was considered to be its emphasis on science, it is also thought to have contributed to Dickinson’s development as a poet. In the fall of 1847 Dickinson entered Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. Despite the fact that Dickinson was a prolific writer, fewer than a dozen of her poems were published during her lifetime. Her younger sister, Lavinia Dickinson, found Emily’s collection of nearly 1800 poems and her first volume of poetry was published nearly four years after her death. Emily Dickinson has inspired millions worldwide with such lines as “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all” and “saying nothing…sometimes says the most.”
| Birth Date: | 10 Dec, 1830 |
| Age: | 189 yrs |
| Occupations: | Writer Poet |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Amherst |
| residence: | Amherst |
| Education: | Mount Holyoke College |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American poet (1830-1886) |
| Net Worth 2021: | 5 million |
