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Learn about the private academy where Emily Dickinson studied from 1840 to 1847, and how it influenced her education and poetry. Explore the curriculum, teachers, and history of Amherst Academy, founded by her grandfather and Noah Webster.
Amherst College (/ ˈæmərst / ⓘ [6] AM-ərst) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in Massachusetts. [7]
Amherst Academy. As a schoolgirl, Emily Dickinson wrote cheerfully to her friend Abiah Root, “We have a very fine school. There are 63 scholars. I have four studies. They are Philosophy, Geology, Latin, and Botany. How large they sound, don’t they?
Amherst Academy. The first mass of Puritans had arrived in Massachusetts by 1630, and soon afterward, they began passing laws for education. To Puritans, learning to read meant reading the Bible, which saved a soul, and in 1648, the Massachusetts General Court passed its third education law.
Emily Dickinson was a prodigious student who excelled in composition, Latin and sciences at Amherst Academy in her hometown. She left Mount Holyoke College after a year, disliking it.
A fter completing her schooling at Amherst Academy, Emily Dickinson attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1847-1848. Founded ten years before, the seminary was located eleven miles south of Amherst in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
The Early History Collection is vital to telling Amherst’s early story. It is an artificial collection, pulled together from a number of sources. includes printed material, legal documents, financial records, correspondence, and other material documenting the first few years of the College.