Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 in Amherst, MA. Her dad was a lawyer and the treasurer for Amherst College.
Emily remained single all her life and never left the family home. When she was 45, her mom became paralyzed and Emily and her sister cared for her until she died seven years later.
As far as education, Emily graduated from high school and went to college for a while, but didn't graduate.
It is believed that she started writing poetry while she was in her early twenties. However, only 7 of her poems were ever published during her life.
She died in 1886 from something called Bright's Disease which is a pretty nasty sounding kidney ailment.
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