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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, 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".
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Birth
1803
Death
1882
First book
1800
Years writing
226
Ralph Waldo Emerson was the central figure and leading force behind the Transcendentalist movement in the 19th century.
Before establishing himself as a writer, Emerson served as a Unitarian pastor and minister.
His 1836 essay 'Nature' laid the philosophical foundations for all his subsequent thought.
Oliver Wendell Holmes described his speech 'The American Scholar' as America's intellectual declaration of independence.
Emerson stood out as a staunch defender of individualism against the social pressures of his time.