Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American author, poet, and philosopher.
[change] Life
Emerson was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1803. His father was a Unitarian minister. He chose not to follow the beliefs of the Unitarians and created his own world view, Transcendentalism. He first wrote about this view in an essay called Nature in 1836. Emerson's father died when he was only eight years old. He studied at school in Boston and went to Harvard University, one of the most well rated universities in the country.
In his later life, Emerson was a close friend of many other important authors and philosophers, including William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Stuart Mill, and Thomas Carlyle. He travelled the world, inclding France, England, Italy and the Middle East.
[change] Notable Works
- Nature
- Essays, Volumes I & II
- Representative Men
- English Traits
- Conduct of Life
