Reference

Ralph Waldo Emerson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882) was a famous American author, poet, and philosopher. Emerson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the Rev. William Emerson, a Unitarian minister in a famous line of ministers. He gradually drifted from the doctrines of his peers, then formulated and first expressed the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his essay Nature. ..."

Born

25 May 1803, in Boston, Massachusetts

Died

27 Apr 1882, in Concord, Massachusetts

Articles

Ralph Waldo Emerson - Hero of the Day, The Daily Objectivist, 2000
Includes excerpt from "Self-Reliance"