RalphWaldoEmerson

[|Emerson] was born in Boston on May 25, 1803. He died April 27, 1882 at age 78. He was the son of a Unitarian minister. He went to Boston Latin School in 1812 at the age of 9. He went to Harvard college at the age of 14. Emerson's first wife was named Ellen Louisa Tucker, she died of terboculosis. He also lost his first son due to scarlet fever. He was considered one of the great orators of the time and was said to have great enthusiasm and an egalitarian respect for his audience.
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Emerson started off making his living as a schoolmaster, then went to Harvard Divinity School, and became a Unitarian minister in 1829. He toured Europe in 1832 and wrote of his travels in __English Traits.__
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He published his first essay called //Nature// in 1836. He wrote about his grief and losses in two of his [|major works], the poem "Threnody" and the essay "Experience". Some of his other major works include: __The Conduct of Life__, which was a famous collection. His famous essays include: "Self-Reliance", "Compensation", "The Over-Soul", "The Poet", "Experience", "Nature", and "The American Scholar". Some of his famous poems include "Concord Hymn and "The Rhodora"
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Transcendentalism Transcendentalism began as a protest against the culture and society at the time in the 19nth century. Transcendentalist focused on individual intuition. They didnt want to learn and believe through doctrines of religions that were already established.
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His Favorite themes was talking about his sorrows because he had a rough life. A lot of his works were depressing just because they related to his life. (all information thanks to wikipedia.com)
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