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- Edward Dickinson Baker (February 24, 1811 – October 21, 1861) was an American politician, lawyer, and US army officer. In his political career, Baker served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator from Oregon. He was also known as an orator and poet.
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Edward Dickinson (January 1, 1803 – June 16, 1874) was an American politician from Massachusetts. He is also known as the father of the poet Emily Dickinson; their family home in Amherst, the Dickinson Homestead, is a museum dedicated to her.
Edward Dickinson, 1840. Portrait by O.A. Bullard. E dward Dickinson embraced the conservative Whig political party and embodied its ethics of responsibility, fairness, and personal restraint to a point that contemporaries found his demeanor severe and unyielding.
Edward (Ned) Dickinson (1861-1898), nephew Austin and Susan Dickinson's eldest child was called Ned. Although Emily Dickinson admitted her “fear of joggling Him!” (L232), she developed a close and gleeful relationship with her nephew...
A new home for the newlyweds, named the Evergreens, is built by Edward Dickinson to the west of the Homestead. About 1858 Emily Dickinson begins collecting her poems into small packets, today called “fascicles.”
Apr 14, 2018 · Edward Dickinson, 1840. Portrait by O.A. Bullard. Houghton Library, Harvard University. This week’s post explores the influence Edward Dickinson had on Emily Dickinson’s life and writing.
May 11, 2024 · Emily Dickinson, American lyric poet who lived in seclusion and commanded a singular brilliance of style and integrity of vision. With Walt Whitman, Dickinson is widely considered to be one of the two leading 19th-century American poets.
Active in the Whig Party, Edward Dickinson was elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature (1837-1839) and the Massachusetts State Senate (1842-1843). Between 1852 and 1855 he served a single term as a representative from Massachusetts to the U.S. Congress.