Samuel Fowler Dickinson

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Samuel Fowler Dickinson was a prominent 19th-century Amherst lawyer, educator, and civic leader, best known as the grandfather of poet Emily Dickinson and an influential figure in the town’s early development.

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Samuel Fowler Dickinson canonical 3
Samuel Dickinson 1

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instanceOf civic leader
educator
lawyer
person
birthDate 1775-12-16
birthPlace Amherst, Massachusetts
centuryOfActivity 19th century
late 18th century
child Edward Dickinson
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1838-06-16
deathPlace Pittsfield, Massachusetts
educatedAt Dartmouth College
ethnicGroup New England Yankee
familyName Dickinson
fieldOfWork education
law
givenName Samuel
grandchild Emily Dickinson
knownFor advocacy for education in Amherst
civic leadership in Amherst, Massachusetts
languageSpoken English
memberOf Massachusetts bar
linked to: Massachusetts Bar
name Samuel Fowler Dickinson
notableFor grandfather of poet Emily Dickinson
notableRole influential figure in the early development of Amherst, Massachusetts
prominent 19th-century Amherst lawyer
occupation civic leader
educator
lawyer
placeOfBurial West Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts
positionHeld justice of the peace in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
town clerk of Amherst
trustee of Amherst Academy
trustee of Amherst College
relative Edward Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Lucretia Gunn Dickinson
religion Congregationalism
residence Amherst, Massachusetts
spouse Lucretia Gunn Dickinson

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Edward Dickinson father Samuel Fowler Dickinson
Samuel Fowler Dickinson name Samuel Fowler Dickinson
Dickinson family hasNotableMember Samuel Dickinson
linked to: Samuel Fowler Dickinson
The Homestead builtFor Samuel Fowler Dickinson