Chief Events in Robinson's Life

(adapted from Where the Light Falls, by Chard Powers Smith, 1965)

Date	Event
December 22, 1869	Birth of Edwin at Head Tide, Me
September, 1870	Family moves to Gardiner, Me
1883-1884	Dr. Schumann begins teaching Edwin prosody
1888	Meets Emma Shepherd
February 12, 1890	Marraige of Emma and Herman
March 3, 1890	Edwin's first publication Thalia appears in a local paper
September, 1891	Entered Harvard
July, 1892	Edwin's father, Edward, dies
June, 1893	Finished at Harvard, began taking care of house in Gardiner
November, 1896	Edwin's mother, Mary, dies Private publication of The Torrent and the Night Before Emma and Herman move into the house in Gardiner
Autumn, 1897	Break with Herman, moves to Winthrop
November, 1897	Moves to New York
December, 1897	Publication of The Children of the Night
1898-1899	Moves to Cambridge and works for a while as a secretary at Harvard
September, 1899	Edwin's brother, Dean, dies Moves back to New York
November, 1901	Wealth from family estate gone, begins years of borrowing
October, 1902	Publication of Captain Craig
1903	Sale of family house by Herman. Herman moves to Capitol Island, while Emma stays in Farmingdale
Fall, 1903-August, 1904	Employment as timekeeper in New York subway construction
July, 1905	Begins employment in New York custom house as sinecure provided by President Theodore Roosevelt
Fall, 1905	Publication of Scribner's new edition of The Children of the Night under pressure from Roosevelt
February, 1909	Edwin's brother, Herman, dies
March, 1909	Quits custom house job
September, 1909	To Gardiner "for an indefinite stay" Emma refuses to marry him
December, 1909	Returns to New York
October, 1910	Publication of The Town Down the River
1911	First summer spent at MacDowell Colony
1916	Publication of The Man Against the Sky
1917	Publication of Merlin
December, 1918	Emma again refuses to marry
1920	Publication of Lancelot Publication of The Three Taverns
1921	Publication of Avon's Harvest Publication of Collected Poems (Pulitzer Prize)
1923	Publication of Roman Bartholow
1924	Publication of The Man who died Twice (Pulitzer Prize)
1925	Last visit to Gardiner
1927	Publication of Tristram (Pulitzer Prize) Final refusal of Emma to marry
1929-35	Publication of a book a year, including Matthias at the Door (1931) and Amaranth (1934
April 5, 1935	Death in a New York hospital