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          Dec 10, 1830

          Emily Dickinson Born

          Emily Elizabeth Dickinson is born in Amherst, Massachusetts. She is the second of three children of Edward and Emily Norcross Dickinson.

          Sep 7, 1840

          School

          Emily and her sister Lavinia begin classes at Amherst Academy, a converted boys' school.

          In her seven years of schooling there, she is frequently absent due to illness.

          Apr 1844

          Cousin Dies

          Dickinson's second cousin and good friend Sophia Holland dies of typhus. Thirteen-year-old Emily is deeply shaken by the girl's death.

          1846

          Meets Leonard Humphrey

          Leonard Humphrey, an educator in his early twenties, takes over as principal of Amherst Academy.

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          Dickinson grows close to him as a friend and mentor. He is one of several older men she refers to throughout her life as a "master."

          Aug 10, 1847

          Mount Holyoke

          Dickinson completes her studies at Amherst Academy and enrolls at the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (later Mount Holyoke College).

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