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Also Known As	Thea Beatrice May Astley
Born	August 25, 1925 • Brisbane • Australia
Died	August 17, 2004 (aged 78) • New South Wales • Australia
Notable Works	“Beachmasters” • “Drylands: A Book for the World’s Last Reader”

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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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