#1Writing & Arts
Erastus Salisbury Field
1805–1900American folk art painter
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Famous people · Leverett
3 famous people call Leverett their birthplace
At the top of the list is the American folk art painter Erastus Salisbury Field, covered in 7 languages. Ellen Gilbert and Roswell Field Putnam follow. Of the bordering towns, Amherst Town has the longest list: 29, with Emily Dickinson at the top. Born in 1805, Erastus Salisbury Field is the first name on record, and Roswell Field Putnam, born in 1840, the most recent.
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3
notable people
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Erastus Salisbury Field
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1805
Erastus Salisbury Field
Youngest
1840
Roswell Field Putnam
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Writing & Arts
2 people
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Born in Leverett
Two of the three are writers and artists.
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Photo credits (4)
- Erastus Salisbury Field: Erastus Salisbury Field, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen Gilbert: Scientific American, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily Dickinson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles B. Andrews: Frederick Calvin Norton, author. Reproduction of Connecticut State Library portrait by George F. Wright., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons