Mary Norris Dickinson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMary Norris Dickinson
American landowner
Date of Birth: 17-Jul-1740
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 23-Jul-1803
Profession: large estate owner
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Mary Norris Dickinson
- Mary "Polly" Norris Dickinson (July 17, 1740 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – July 23, 1803 in Wilmington, Delaware) was an early American land and estate owner and manager.
- She is known for her ownership of one of the largest libraries in the American colonies, her participation in political thought of the time, and her presence in or near events of the Constitutional Convention, including her marriage to Founding Father John Dickinson, one of the early drafters of the Constitution and one of its signers on behalf of the colony of Delaware.
- They bequeathed much of their combined library to the first college founded in the new United States.
- The college was originally named "John and Mary's College", by Benjamin Rush, for Norris Dickinson and her husband and is now called Dickinson College.
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