Ralph+Waldo+Emerson

By: Sonia Rodrigues - Ralph Waldo Emerson was a writer born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 25, 1803. - He died in Concord, Massachusetts on April 27, 1882. - Ralph Waldo Emerson's father was a minister, he died when Emerson was eight years old. - Emerson never received a first degree at Harvard. - Ralph Waldo Emerson became a minister at a church in Boston. - He was married to Ellen Tucker, she died in 1829. After her death he stopped being a minister in, 1832 - Emerson became a lecturer after he experienced Europe. He married a women named Lydia Jackson in 1835. - Emerson had four children with Lydia Jackson.
 * // Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) //**

__//**Contributions, successes, and failures **//__ - Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote poems, essays, nonfiction, and criticism. Emerson wrote about his ideas he believed in, "Nature." The book "Nature," was published in 1836. In the book "Waldo Emerson is truly the center of the American transcendental movement." (Virginia Commonwealth University - In 1841, his "Essays," were published. - In 1844, Emerson edited the magazine called the Dial. It was the last two years on the magazine. - After his son died at five years old in, 1842 Emerson wrote an amazing poem. The poem was called "Threnody." The poem showed how Emerson was devastated from his sons death. The poem was made after his sons tragedy. - In 1844 Emerson started to write new essays and gave lectures in New York. - While he was lecturing, he let go of his religious beliefs. <span style="background-color: #d10ac8; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- In 1845, Emerson based his lecturing in the "the uses of great man." <span style="background-color: #d10ac8; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- In 1846 he started to publish many poems. Also he had lectures on great men. <span style="background-color: #d10ac8; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- Ralph Waldo Emerson spoke out against the attachment of Texas in, 1846. He read about information of Persian and Indic wisdom. <span style="background-color: #d10ac8; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- Ralph Waldo Emerson went to England in, 1847. While he was there he saw <span style="background-color: #d10ac8; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- In 1850, Emerson published "Representative Men," it was based on his lecturing in 1845. While he stayed in England, Emerson saw the difference between upper and lower classes. He was in England for nine months. <span style="background-color: #d10ac8; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- Emerson had a new perspective towards English civilization. He showed his new perspective in his lectures. The lectures were called "Natural History of intellect." <span style="background-color: #d10ac8; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- In 1856, he published a book called "English Traits." English traits showed his new perspective towards the English civilization. <span style="background-color: #d10ac8; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- "The Conduct Of life," was published in, 1860. <span style="background-color: #d10ac8; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- "He had become quite famous, a major figure in the American literary landscape, a celebrity which brought both adultation and satire." (Virginia Commonwealth University) <span style="background-color: #d10ac8; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- His house burnt down in, 1872. <span style="background-color: #d10ac8; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- Emerson died in, 1882 of pneumonia.

<span style="background-color: #ffcd00; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Fun Facts <span style="background-color: #ffcd00; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- He went to Harvard at fourteen years old. <span style="background-color: #ffcd00; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- Emerson was friends with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Thomas Carlyle, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller and Bronson Alcott. <span style="background-color: #ffcd00; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- Emerson had a nick name from his friends. The nick name was " The Sage of Concord." <span style="background-color: #ffcd00; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- Out of 40 years, Ralph Waldo Emerson gave 1,500 lectures. <span style="background-color: #ffcd00; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- The farthest he traveled for his lectures were, Canada and California. <span style="background-color: #ffcd00; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- As Ralph Waldo Emerson became older he lost his memory. <span style="background-color: #ffcd00; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- Emerson was and still is a famous poet.

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