Ralph Waldo Emerson - Essayist

Ralph Waldo Emerson, known professionally as Waldo Emerson, was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/ralph-waldo-emerson
http://www.biography.com/people/ralph-waldo-emerson-9287153
http://www.rwe.org/
http://www.emersoncentral.com/

Born: May 25, 1803, Boston, MA
Died: April 27, 1882, Concord, MA
Education: Boston Latin School, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, Harvard College
Essays: Self-Reliance, The Transcendentalist, The Poet, The Over-Soul, Experience, Compensation

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