Born on May 25, 1803, in Boston, Massachusetts. Son of William and Ruth Haskins Emerson. Graduated from Harvard College in 1821. Ordained as a Unitarian minister in 1829 but resigned in 1832 to pursue writing and lecturing. Married Ellen Tucker in 1829, she died of tuberculosis in 1831. Married Lydia Jackson in 1835. Died on April 27, 1882, in Concord, Massachusetts.
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