Emily

The life of Emily Dickinson

  • BORN

    BORN
    Emily dickinson was born on Decemeber, 10,1830 in Amherst,Massachusetts. Her parents were Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross Dickinson.Emily was born into a farely wealthy family.
  • Growing Up

    Growing Up
    Emily grew up with a brother and a sister, Austin and Lavinia.She also attended school in a small building on Pleasant st . Her father thought very highly of education.She was a middle child also.
  • Education

    Education
    At the young age of 10 Emily Dickinson started school at Amherst Academy with her sister.Growing up Emily was a very well mannered young lady.She was very intelligant
  • hard times

    hard times
    Emily's cousin died on April,22,1844. Emily was having a very hard time dealing with the death of her cousin.They wasn't just cousins they were very close friends.Emily also started to write more and more after her cousin's death.
  • More Schooling

    More Schooling
    After Emily finshed her studies at the academy of Amherst she enrolled at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary.But only in two measly years she left.
  • Back to School

    Back to School
    Again she returned to Amherst Academy after she spent less than a year at Mount Holyoke.She stayed at Amherst Academy for two years and returned home.
  • Working hard

    Working hard
    In the year of 1858 Emily dickinson became very busy in her writing career.She also started to write more and more poems to realate to her life.
  • amazing

    amazing
    By the time Emily had reached the age of 35 she had already created 1,100 incredible poems.She took her writing very serious and she keep her poems priviate.
  • Death

    Death
    Emily Dickinson die on May,15,1886.Due to a disease called Nephritis. Which is a disease of the kidneys.She died at the age of 55
  • Poems by Emily Dickinson

    Poems by Emily Dickinson
    Ten years after Emily died her poems were published.Her sister-in-law and a her close fiendT.W Higgison published her poems.