Ralph waldo emerson biography pdf

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: Gemini

Early 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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