Original: Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 â "April 27, 1882) was an American lecturer, philosopher, essayist, and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.
Simplified: Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 â "April 27, 1882) was an American author, poet, and philosopher.