Biography Timeline By haburgtorf Dec 10, 1830 Emily Dickinsons Birth Apr 21, 1840 -1847 Emily Attends Amherst Academy Apr 21, 1847 -1848 Emily Attends Mount Holyoke Female Seminary Apr 21, 1854 Emily Meets the Reverend Charles Wadsworth May 15, 1856 Emily Dies Only two poems were published in her lifetime. Apr 21, 1862 Emily Becomes a Recluse Apr 21, 1890 Emily Poems are Discovered Lavinia Dickinson is Emily's sister. She discovered Emily's poems and published them throughout the years.