Ralph Waldo Emerson

1803–1882

1 series 1 book in order 1882–1999

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American philosopher, essayist, and poet best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century, expressed in his 1836 essay Nature. His 1837 speech The American Scholar was called America's "Intellectual Declaration of Independence" by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. His central doctrine, in his own words, was "the infinitude of the private man."

Born

1803

Active years

1882–1999

Known for

Harvard Classics

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