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EMERSON, RALPH WALDO (1803-1882), American poet and essayist, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 25th of May 1 803. Seven of his ancestors were ministers of New England churches. Among them were some of those men of mark who made the backbone of the Ame ...

... Kew for size and completeness. It takes its name from its donor, the friend of Emerson. It was originally a well-timbered park, which, by later additions, now covers 222 acres. Practically, it forms part of the park system so characteristic of the city, being ...

... The town was held jointly by its captors till 1453, when Hamburg sold EMERALD— EMERSON its rights to Ulrich Cirksena, created count of East Friesland by the emperor Frederick III. in 1434- In 1544 the Reformation was introduced, and in the following years num ...

... aries and the Letters of Chauncey Wright (1877), and A Westward Journey with Mr Emerson (1884). THAYER, JOSEPH HENRY (1828-1901), American biblical scholar, was born at Boston on the 7th of November 1828. He studied at the Boston Latin School, and graduated at ...

... t 1830 to 1850. Its use originated in the Transcendental Club (1836) founded by Emerson, Frederic Henry Hedge (1805-1890), and others. This movement had several aspects: philosophical, theological, social, economic. Its main theme was regeneration, a revolt fr ...

... servility. Between 1830 and 1840 Whittier, Longfellow, Holmes, Poe, Hawthorne, Emerson, Bancroft and Prescott joined the advanceguard of American writers — Bryant, Dana, Halleck, Drake, HISTORY 1829-1850] Land Sales. Irving and Cooper; and even those writers ...