Elizabeth emily garland biography of martin luther
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When Elizabeth Emily Bailey was born on 30 July 1835, in Houston, Georgia, United States, her father, Mathew Bailey, was 22 and her mother, Susannah Willis, was 24. She married John Martin Williams on 5 January 1854, in Muscogee, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Muscogee, Georgia, United States in 1850. She died on 20 April 1897, in Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Garland, Dallas, Texas, United States.
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Emily Dickinson, recognized as one of the most important American poet of the 19th century
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. With the possible exception of Walt Whitman, Dickinson is now recognized as the most important American poet of the 19th century.
- Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Although part of a prominent family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson lived much of her life in reclusive isolation.
- After studying at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she briefly attended the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family’s house in Amherst.
- Considered an eccentric by locals, she developed a noted penchant for white clothing and became known for her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, to even leave her bedroom.
- Dickinson never married, and most friendships between her and others depended entirely upon correspondence. Dickinson was a recluse for the later years of her life.
While Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly 1,800 poems were published during her lifetime.
- The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the tim
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