Significant Authors
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson was born in 1803 to a Unitarian minister and attended the Harvard Divinity School, was ordained as a minister at the Second Church of Boston, but resigned after the death of his first wife, Ellen Tucker, in 1832. Emerson became well known for his career as a lecturer, his most widely known addresses are The American Scholar and The Divinity School address. Some of his other well-known works include Nature, a book who's ideas inspired writers such as Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman.
Emerson was born in 1803 to a Unitarian minister and attended the Harvard Divinity School, was ordained as a minister at the Second Church of Boston, but resigned after the death of his first wife, Ellen Tucker, in 1832. Emerson became well known for his career as a lecturer, his most widely known addresses are The American Scholar and The Divinity School address. Some of his other well-known works include Nature, a book who's ideas inspired writers such as Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman.
Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau was born in 1817 and attended Harvard with the financial aid of his brother, John Thoreau. During school, Thoreau read the book Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson, and was truly inspired. Thoreau and his brother taught for a while, but when John Thoreau died of lock-jaw in 1842, Thoreau was traumatized and began working as both a surveyor and pencil maker with his father. In 1845, Thoreau wanted to write his own book, so he spent spent the next two years living in a cabin on his friend and neighbor, Ralph Waldo Emerson's land, where he wrote his most famous book Walden. Many people think that after the death of his brother, Thoreau's became pessimistic and crabby, but the majority of his writing remained light-hearted and optimistic. Thoreau is also well known for being strongly opposed to slavery and the Mexican war.
Thoreau was born in 1817 and attended Harvard with the financial aid of his brother, John Thoreau. During school, Thoreau read the book Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson, and was truly inspired. Thoreau and his brother taught for a while, but when John Thoreau died of lock-jaw in 1842, Thoreau was traumatized and began working as both a surveyor and pencil maker with his father. In 1845, Thoreau wanted to write his own book, so he spent spent the next two years living in a cabin on his friend and neighbor, Ralph Waldo Emerson's land, where he wrote his most famous book Walden. Many people think that after the death of his brother, Thoreau's became pessimistic and crabby, but the majority of his writing remained light-hearted and optimistic. Thoreau is also well known for being strongly opposed to slavery and the Mexican war.
Margaret Fuller
Fuller was born in 1810, was very intelligent, and received and intense, early education from her father, a prominent lawyer and later congressman. When Fuller's father died, she became responsible for her younger siblings education and the financial needs of the family, so she taught school. Fuller was a brilliant conversationalist, and close personal friends with other intellectuals and, like Thoreau, often spent extended periods of time visiting Ralph Waldo Emerson and teaching German at the Emerson house. Fuller is well known for her essay The Great Lawsuit, Man versus Men, Woman versus Women in which she demonstrated her support of women's rights. She also became well known as a book review editor for the New York Tribune.
Fuller was born in 1810, was very intelligent, and received and intense, early education from her father, a prominent lawyer and later congressman. When Fuller's father died, she became responsible for her younger siblings education and the financial needs of the family, so she taught school. Fuller was a brilliant conversationalist, and close personal friends with other intellectuals and, like Thoreau, often spent extended periods of time visiting Ralph Waldo Emerson and teaching German at the Emerson house. Fuller is well known for her essay The Great Lawsuit, Man versus Men, Woman versus Women in which she demonstrated her support of women's rights. She also became well known as a book review editor for the New York Tribune.
Other Transcendentalists
- William Ellery Channing
- Theodore Parker
- Amos Bronson Alcott
- Jones Very
- Christopher Cranch
- Orestes Brownson
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