Ralph waldo emerson famous works

1. Chronology of Emerson’s Life

1803

Born in Boston to William and Ruth Haskins Emerson.

1811

Father dies, probably of tuberculosis.

1812

Enters Boston Public Latin School

1817

Begins study at Harvard College: Greek, Latin, History, Rhetoric.

1820

Starts first journal, entitled “The Wide World.”

1821

Graduates from Harvard and begins teaching at his brother William’s school for young ladies in Boston.

1825

Enters Harvard Divinity School.

1829

Marries Ellen Tucker and is ordained minister at Boston’s Second Church.

1831

Ellen Tucker Emerson dies, at age 19.

1832

Resigns position as minister and sails for Europe.

1833

Meets Wordsworth, Coleridge, J.

S. Mill, and Thomas Carlyle. Returns to Boston in November, where he begins a career as a lecturer.

1834

Receives first half of a substantial inheritance from Ellen’s estate (second half comes in 1837).

1835

Marries Lidian Jackson.

1836

Publishes first bo