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Biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Essayist
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, April 27, ) was an American författare av essäer, poet, and philosopher. Emerson is known as one of the leaders of the transcendentalist movement, which reached its height in midth century New England. With its emphasis on the dignity of the individual, equality, hard work, and respect for naturlig eller utan tillsats , Emerson's work remains influential and pertinent to this day.
Fast Facts: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Known For: Founder and leader of the transcendentalist movement
- Born: May 25, in Boston, Massachusetts
- Parents: Ruth Haskins and Rev. William Emerson
- Died: April 27, in Concord, Massachusetts
- Education: Boston Latin School, Harvard College
- Selected Published Works:Nature (), "The American Scholar" (), "Divinity School Address" (), Essays: First Series, including "Self-Reliance" and "The Over-Soul" (), Essays: Second Series ()
- Spouse(s): Ellen Louisa Tucker (m.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who Was Ralph Waldo Emerson?
In , Ralph Waldo Emerson took over as director of his brother’s school for girls. In , he wrote the poem "Good-Bye.” In , he became a Transcendentalist, leading to the later essays "Self-Reliance" and "The American Scholar." Emerson continued to write and lecture into the late s.
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Ralph Waldo Emerson
BORN: May 25,
DIED: April 27,
BIRTHPLACE: Boston, Massachusetts
SPOUSE: Ellen Tucker () and Lydia Jackson ()
CHILDREN: 4
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: GeminiEarly Life and Education
Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, , in Boston. He was the son of William and Ruth (Haskins) Emerson; his father was a clergyman, as many of his male ancestors had been. He attended the Boston Latin School, followed by Harvard University (from which he graduated in ) and the Harvard School of Divinity. He was licensed as a minister in and ordained to the Unitarian church in
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
1. Chronology of Emerson’s Life
- Born in Boston to William and Ruth Haskins Emerson.
- Father dies, probably of tuberculosis.
- Enters Boston Public Latin School
- Begins study at Harvard College: Greek, Latin, History, Rhetoric.
- Starts first journal, entitled “The Wide World.”
- Graduates from Harvard and begins teaching at his brother William’s school for young ladies in Boston.
- Enters Harvard Divinity School.
- Marries Ellen Tucker and is ordained minister at Boston’s Second Church.
- Ellen Tucker Emerson dies, at age
- Resigns position as minister and sails for Europe.
- Meets Wordsworth, Coleridge, J. S. Mill, and Thomas Carlyle. Returns to Boston in November, where he begins a career as a lecturer.
- Receives first half of a substantial inheritance from Ellen’s estate (second half comes in ).
- Marries Lidian Jackson.
- Publishes first book, Nature.
- Delivers the “Divinity School Address.&r