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MacGregor Jenkins
1869–1940
An American author and publisher with deep Amherst roots, he wrote warm, reflective books that mixed literary talk with a real affection for everyday rural life. He is especially remembered for a personal memoir about Emily Dickinson, whom he had known as a child.
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Bucolic Beatitudes
by MacGregor Jenkins
About the author
Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on April 14, 1869, MacGregor Jenkins was an American author and publisher. Reference sources identify him as a Williams College graduate who spent part of his career with Houghton, Mifflin in Boston before turning to his own writing.
Jenkins wrote essays, literary pieces, and books that often feel companionable rather than formal. His works include Bucolic Beatitudes, a collection shaped by his pleasure in country life, and Emily Dickinson: Friend and Neighbor, a memoir valued for its firsthand connection to Dickinson and to Amherst.
He died on March 6, 1940. Reliable pages found during this search confirmed basic biographical details and his books, but did not provide a clear, verifiable portrait image of him, so no profile image is included.