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BIOGRAPHY She was born Helen Maria Fiske in Amherst, Massachusetts , a daughter of Nathan Welby Fiske and Deborah Waterman Vinal. She had two brothers, who both died right after birth, and a sister named Anne. Her father was a minister, author, and professor of Latin , Greek Language , and philosophy at Amherst College, and her mother was also a writer. Growing up in a writing environment, she found that the interests that her parents had in writing inspired her to become a writer as well. Her mother died in 1844 , and her father died three years later in 1847 , leaving her to the care of an aunt. Before her father's death, however, he saw to it that she should have a good education. She attended Ipswich Female Seminary and the Abbott Institute, a boarding school run by a man called Reverend J.S.C. Abbott in New York City . Therefore, she was a classmate of Emily Dickinson , also from Amherst, who later became one of the most excellent poets in the United States . The two stayed friends for the rest of their lives and carried on a lasting, promising friendship. In 1852 , Helen Fiske was married to United States Army Captain Edward Bissell Hunt, who died in a military accident in 1863. Her son, Murray Hunt, died in 1854 of a brain disease, then her other son, Rennie Hunt, died of diphtheria in 1865. Fortunately, she had learned from her parents to remain cheerful and happy no matter what her expectations in life were, and she used constant travel to help physical and emotional pain. |
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