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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), [2] who went by his middle name Waldo, [3] was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.
Richardson was known for his biographies of Henry Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and William James. [1] Emerson: The Mind on Fire won the Francis Parkman Prize in 1996, and William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism won the Bancroft Prize in 2007. [1] In the first half of his career, he published as Robert D. Richardson, Jr.
Pallbearers included Longfellow, Emerson, Alcott, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., James T. Fields, and Edwin Percy Whipple. [88] Emerson wrote of the funeral: "I thought there was a tragic element in the event, that might be more fully rendered—in the painful solitude of the man, which, I suppose, could no longer be endured, & he died of it." [89]
Keith Noel Emerson (2 November 1944 – 11 March 2016) was an English keyboardist, songwriter, composer and record producer. He played keyboards in a number of bands before finding his first commercial success with the Nice in the late 1960s. [1]
Thomas I. Emerson (1907–1991) was a 20th-century American attorney and professor of law. He is known as a "major architect of civil liberties law," [ 1 ] "arguably the foremost First Amendment scholar of his generation," [ 2 ] and "pillar of the Bill of Rights ."
Roy Stanley Emerson AC (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam titles. All of his singles Grand Slam victories and 14 of his Grand Slam doubles victories were achieved before the open era began in 1968.
Faye Margaret Emerson was born July 8, 1917, in Elizabeth, Louisiana, [3] the fifth child of Lawrence L. and Jean Emerson. [4] The family moved frequently during her early years, including El Paso, Texas, and New Mexico, when she was an infant. [5]
Emerson Literary Society, a coed collegiate literary society; Emerson String Quartet, a chamber music group; Emerson, Lake & Palmer, a progressive rock group; Emerson Drive, a Canadian country music group; Emerson (horse), a Brazilian-bred thoroughbred racehorse; Emerson (typeface)