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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Profession
Philosopher
Died
Apr 27, 1882
Zodiac
Gemini
Born in
Boston MA
About
American philosopher of optimism, individuality, and mysticism.Friedrich Nietzsche referred to him as "the most gifted of the Americans." He was the mentor of Henry David Thoreau, who was a transcendentalist.  
Family
His parents were named Ruth Haskins and William Emerson. His wife Ellen Louise Tucker died in 1831, and in 1835, he married Lidian Jackson Emerson. He had one son named Edward Waldo Emerson.

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