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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.
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.
Benjamin Jackson (January 2, 1835 – August 20, 1915) was a Canadian sailor and farmer who was a decorated veteran of the American Civil War.He began his career as a commercial seaman at the age of 16 and started a farm in his mid-twenties.
Roger Bruce Myerson (born March 29, 1951) is an American economist and professor at the University of Chicago. He holds the title of the David L. Pearson Distinguished Service Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts in the Harris School of Public Policy, the Griffin Department of Economics, and the College of the University ...
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]
Roger Caleb Rogerson (3 January 1941 – 21 January 2024) was an Australian detective sergeant in the New South Wales Police Force and a convicted murderer. [2] [3] During his career, Rogerson received at least thirteen awards for bravery, outstanding policemanship and devotion to duty, [4] [5] before being implicated in two killings, bribery, assault and drug dealing, [6] and then being ...
Roger Searle Penske (born February 20, 1937) is an American auto racing team owner, businessman, and retired professional driver. Penske is the owner of Team Penske , the Indianapolis Motor Speedway , IndyCar , and other auto racing-related businesses.
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.