Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bio: Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist lecturer and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1500 public lectures across the United States.

Born: May 25, 1803 in Massachusetts, USA

Died: April 27, 1882 in Concord, Massachusetts, United States