Person

Ralph Waldo Emerson

1803–1882

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was a famous writer, orator, and abolitionist. He studied at Harvard Divinity School but made his living as a school master and then as a popular lecturer. He founded the philosophy of transcendentalism.

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Titles

Essays of Montaigne, Vol. 1 (introduction)
The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 7 (Society and Solitude) (author)
The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in 12 vols. (Fireside Edition). (author)