Edward Waldo Emerson
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Edward Waldo Emerson was a United States
United States
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 physician, writer and lecturer.

Biography

Emerson was born in Concord, Massachusetts
Concord, Massachusetts
Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 17,668. Although a small town, Concord is noted for its leading roles in American history and literature.-History:...

. He was a son of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century...

 and Lydian Jackson Emerson, and educated at Harvard
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...

, where he was graduated in 1866. He graduated from the Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....

 in 1874, and practiced medicine in Concord until 1882, when he received an inheritance and retired from his practice. After retiring from practice, he was instructor in art anatomy at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts 1885–1906. He was an accomplished equestrian.

Emerson married Annie Shepard Keyes of Concord in 1874. One of their seven children survived them. Edward Emerson was superintendent of schools in Concord and on the board of health and the cemetery and library committees. He was a founding member of the Concord Antiquarian Society and a member of the Social Circle.

Works

He wrote:
  • Emerson in Concord (1888)
  • The Life of E. R. Hoar
    Ebenezer R. Hoar
    Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar was an influential American politician and lawyer from Massachusetts.- Early life :...

    , with Moorfield Storey
    Moorfield Storey
    Moorfield Storey was an American lawyer, publicist, and civil rights leader. According to Storey's biographer, William B...

     (1911)
  • Henry Thoreau as Remembered by a Young Friend (1917)
  • Early years of the Saturday Club, 1855–1870. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1918.
  • Later years of the Saturday Club
    Saturday Club (Boston, Massachusetts)
    The Saturday Club, established in 1855, was an informal monthly gathering in Boston, Massachusetts, of writers, scientists, philosophers, historians and others.-Overview:The club began meeting informally at the Albion House in Boston...

    , 1870–1920
    . Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1927.

He edited:
  • Correspondence of John Sterling and Ralph Waldo Emerson (1897)
  • Centenary Edition of Ralph Waldo Emerson, annotated (1903)
  • Life and Letters of General Charles Russell Lowell (1907)
  • Emerson's Journals, with Waldo Emerson Forbes (1909)

He made many contributions to magazines.
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