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Also Known As	Douglas Alexander Stewart
Born	May 6, 1913 • New Zealand
Died	February 14, 1985 (aged 71) • Sydney • Australia
Notable Works	“The Fire on the Snow” • “The Golden Lover”

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

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