Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803 to 1882
10 documented presences
9 places
Quo Fuit places 10 dated presences for Ralph Waldo Emerson across 9 places, from 1803 to 1851. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 to April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Ralph Waldo Emerson was documented, and when
25 May 1803exact date
Bostonattested
“Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 25, 1803, to Ruth Haskins and the Rev.”
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October 1817month
Harvard Collegeattested
“In October 1817, at age 14, Emerson entered Harvard College, where he was appointed freshman messenger for the college president, requiring him to fetch delinquent students and deliver messages to faculty.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
1824 to 1825period
Göttingenattested
“When William went to Göttingen in Germany to study law in mid-1824, Ralph Waldo closed the school, but continued to teach in Cambridge, Massachusetts, until early 1825.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
1824 to 1825period
Cambridge, Massachusettsattested
“When William went to Göttingen in Germany to study law in mid-1824, Ralph Waldo closed the school, but continued to teach in Cambridge, Massachusetts, until early 1825.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
1824 to 1825period
Germanyattested
“When William went to Göttingen in Germany to study law in mid-1824, Ralph Waldo closed the school, but continued to teach in Cambridge, Massachusetts, until early 1825.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
1824 to 1825period
Cambridgeattested
“When William went to Göttingen in Germany to study law in mid-1824, Ralph Waldo closed the school, but continued to teach in Cambridge, Massachusetts, until early 1825.”
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9 October 1833exact date
Newton, Massachusettsattested
“Emerson returned to the United States on October 9, 1833, and lived with his mother in Newton, Massachusetts.”
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9 October 1833exact date
United Statesattested
“Emerson returned to the United States on October 9, 1833, and lived with his mother in Newton, Massachusetts.”
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October 1834month
Concord, Massachusettsattested
“In October 1834, he moved to Concord, Massachusetts, to live with his step-grandfather, Dr.”
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3 May 1851exact date
Concord, Massachusettsattested
“In a speech in Concord, Massachusetts, on May 3, 1851, Emerson denounced the Fugitive Slave Act: That summer, he wrote in his diary: In February 1852, Emerson, James Freeman Clarke, and William Henry Channing edited an edition of the wor…”
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Places Ralph Waldo Emerson is documented in
Concord, Massachusetts2 presences · 1834 to 1851
Boston1 presence · 1803Cambridge1 presence · 1824Cambridge, Massachusetts1 presence · 1824Germany1 presence · 1824Göttingen1 presence · 1824Harvard College1 presence · 1817United States1 presence · 1833Newton, Massachusetts1 presence · 1833
Other places tied to Ralph Waldo Emerson in the record
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1812year
Bostonmentioned
“Emerson's formal schooling began at the Boston Latin School in 1812, when he was nine years old.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
1812year
Boston Latin Schoolmentioned
“Emerson's formal schooling began at the Boston Latin School in 1812, when he was nine years old.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
1824year
Harvard Divinity Schoolmentioned
“Emerson was accepted into the Harvard Divinity School in late 1824, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in 1828.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
1824year
Harvardmentioned
“Emerson was accepted into the Harvard Divinity School in late 1824, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in 1828.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
1826year
Massachusettsmentioned
“In 1826, faced with poor health, Emerson left Massachusetts to seek a warmer climate.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
1827year
Concord, Massachusettsmentioned
“Emerson met his first wife, Ellen Louisa Tucker, in Concord, New Hampshire, on Christmas Day, 1827, and married her two years later, when she was 18.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
June 1828month
McLean Asylummentioned
“Edward's physical health began to deteriorate, and he soon suffered a mental collapse as well; he was taken to McLean Asylum in June 1828 at age 25.”
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1832year
Maltamentioned
“He left aboard the brig Jasper on Christmas Day, 1832, sailing first to Malta.”
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5 November 1833exact date
Bostonmentioned
“On November 5, 1833, he made the first of what would eventually be some 1,500 lectures, "The Uses of Natural History," in Boston.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
March 1835month
United Statesmentioned
“Emerson would later serve as an unofficial literary agent for Carlyle in the United States, and in March 1835, he tried to persuade Carlyle to come to America to lecture.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
July 1835month
Concord, Massachusettsmentioned
“In July 1835, he bought a house on the Cambridge and Concord Turnpike in Concord, Massachusetts, which he named Bush; it is now open to the public as the Ralph Waldo Emerson House.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
1836 to 1858period
Adirondacksmentioned
“This two-week camping excursion (1858 in the Adirondacks) brought him face to face with a true wilderness, something he spoke of in his essay "Nature", published in 1836.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
March 1837month
Bostonmentioned
“In March 1837, Emerson gave a series of lectures on the philosophy of history at the Masonic Temple in Boston.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
1838year
Alton, Illinoismentioned
“In early 1838, provoked by the murder of an abolitionist publisher from Alton, Illinois, named Elijah Parish Lovejoy, Emerson gave his first public antislavery address.”
source: Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson
15 July 1838exact date
May 1843month
1 August 1844exact date
1848year
1858year
1867year
23 October 1872exact date
15 April 1873exact date
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