Ralph Waldo EmersonRALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) was an American poet and essayist. Universally known as the Sage of Concord, Emerson established himself as a leading spokesman of transcendentalism and as a major figure in American literature. His additional works inlude a series of lectures published as Representative Men (1850), The Conduct of Life (1860), and Society and Solitude (1870). Read More Read Less