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Emily Dickinson
Poet Emily Dickinson is one of American poetry's most singular and influential voices.
During her time at Amherst Academy, the American poet Emily Dickinson was recognized for her prodigious talent in composition. Additionally, she excelled in Latin and the sciences. Her interest in botany, in particular, led her to create an herbarium featuring a collection of pressed plants identified by their Latin names.12