Author; leader of the transcendental school of
New England; born in
Boston, May 25, 1803; graduated at Harvard in 1821; taught school five years, and in 1826 was licensed to preach by the Middlesex (
Unitarian) Association.
In the winter of 1833-34, after returning from
Europe, he began the career of a lecturer and essayist.
Marrying in 1835, he fixed his
residence at
Concord, Mass., and was a contributor to, and finally editor of,
The dial, a quarterly magazine, and organ of the
New England transcendentalists.
He lived the quiet life of a literary man and philosopher, with the reputation, for more than forty years, of a profound thinker and elegant writer.
He published essays, poems, and lectures, and died in
Concord, Mass., April 27, 1882.
