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 * Name:** Ralph Waldo Emerson
 * Age:** 47
 * Gender:** Male
 * Occupation:** American essayist, philosopher, and poet
 * Social Class:** Middle Class
 * Appearance:** Piercing blue eyes, pale skin, prominent sideburns, and receding brown hair
 * Location:** Boston, Massachusetts
 * Daily Routine:** Daily routine of
 * Personality/Quirks/Unique Personality Traits:** Known to be an emotionally stirring speaker, eventually earning the name "The Sage of Concord.**Past/Individual and family history:**
 * Family:** Born into the world by Ruth Haskins and Reverend William Emerson (a Unitarian minister who came from a very well known family of ministers). Ralph Waldo was the second son of five children who survived their childhood and into their adulthood (William, Edward, Robert Bulkeley, and Charles).
 * Social relations with others:** Very good; close with other prominent leaders of literature of the time, such as Henry Thoreau. Emerson and other like-minded intellectuals founded the Transcendental Club, which served as a center for the movement. **Religion:** Christianity
 * Education:** Boston Latin School, Harvard College
 * Conflicts/Enemies:** None