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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Also known as R. W. Emerson, Waldo Emerson

American philosopher (1803–1882)

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Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American philosopher, poet, writer, and essayist. Born in Boston on 25 May 1803, he was educated at Harvard College, Harvard Divinity School, and Harvard University. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. His work is associated with the genre of transcendentalism and the lifestyle of mysticism. He was influenced by Michel de Montaigne, Emmanuel Swedenborg, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and Plato.

Emerson wrote in English and held Unitarian beliefs. Notable works include *Essays*, *Emerson's essays ; and, Representative men*, *Compensation*, *Representative men*, and *Early poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson*. He died in Concord on 27 April 1882 from pneumonia. He is buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. His child was Edward Waldo Emerson.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 25 May 1803
Died: 27 April 1882
Works: 2016

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Early poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essays
Emerson's essays ; and, Representative men
Compensation
Representative men

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan: 1803–1882
Nationality: US, XXU, EE
Role / Field: Poets, Poet, Lecturer, Essayists, Essayist, Poetry
Language: eng, spa
Gender: Male

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Boston
Place of death: Concord
Child: Edward Waldo Emerson
Educated at: Harvard University
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Unitarianism
Award: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Field of work: pastoral care
Genre: transcendentalism
Movement: Western philosophy
Image: Ralph Waldo Emerson ca1857 retouched.jpg

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date of death: 1882-00-00
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member of: American Philosophical Society
Commons Creator page: Ralph Waldo Emerson
lifestyle: mysticism
place of burial: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
cause of death: pneumonia
writing language: English language
name in native language: Ralph Waldo Emerson
time period: 19th-century philosophy
date of birth: 1803-00-00
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manner of death: natural causes

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26 objects attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and critical thinking, as well as a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and conformity. The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche thought he was "the most gifted of the Americans", and Walt Whitman called Emerson his "master".

Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, formulating and expressing the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his 1836 essay, Nature. His speech "The American Scholar", given in 1837, was called America's "intellectual Declaration of Independence" by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson