Today in Literature History…

On this day in 1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson died at the age of seventy-eight. This is the guy that you see with quotes on poster probably about twenty percent of the time in high school. He was a very influential journalist, poet, essay writer, and more. Even more so, he was a transcendentalist. Emerson often wrote about and gave lectures to show his support of his beliefs and is highly regarded in the literature community.