The Rev. William Emerson (May 6, 1769 - May 12, 1811) was one of Boston's leading citizens, a liberal-minded Unitarian minister, pastor to Boston's First Church and founder of its Philosophical Society, Anthology Club, and Boston Athenaeum, and father to Ralph Waldo Emerson. May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... 1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... Joyce Rollins is a lesbian. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ... Historic Unitarianism believed in the oneness of God as opposed to traditional Christian belief in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). ... The Anthology Club was organized in 1804 in Boston, Massachusetts by the Rev. ... Boston Athenæum is an historical independent library and museum in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. ... Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was a famous American author, poet, and philosopher. ...

Emerson was born in Concord, Massachusetts, the first-born and only son of William and Phoebe (Bliss) Emerson. His father was a minister who built and inhabited The Old Manse at Concord, chaplain to the Provincial Congress when it met at Concord in October 1774, and when war had begun a chaplain to the Continental Army, dying of camp fever while on campaign in 1776 when Emerson was but 7 years old. Emerson married Ruth Haskins on October 25, 1796 in Boston, and with her had 8 children: Phebe Ripley Emerson, John Clark Emerson, William Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Bliss Emerson, Robert Bulkeley Emerson, Charles Chauncy Emerson, and Mary Caroline Emerson. Seal of Concord, MA Concord is a town located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ... The Old Manse, viewed from its Concord River side. ... Illustration depicting uniforms and weapons used during the 1779 to 1783 period of the American Revolution by showing four soldiers standing in an informal group General George Washington, was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army on June 15, 1775. ... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was a famous American author, poet, and philosopher. ...

After being ordained, Emerson became first the minister in Harvard, Massachusetts at a yearly salary of less than $600, but then in 1799, minister of Boston's First Church for a bonus of a thousand dollars. After this initial bang, his sermons appear to have roused no great enthusiasm, as George Ticknor noted in the Christian Examiner, September, 1849: "Mr. Emerson, transplanted to the First Church in Boston six years before Mr. Buckminster's settlement, possessed, on the contrary, a graceful and dignified style of speaking, which was by no means without its attraction, but he lacked the fervor that could rouse the masses, and the original resources that could command the few." Official website: http://harvard. ... George Ticknor (August 1, 1791 - January 26, 1871), was an American teacher and author. ... Portrait of Joseph Stevens Buckminster by Gilbert Stuart, painted circa 1810. ...

In 1804, Emerson founded the Anthology Club, a Boston literary society, and wrote articles for the club's The Monthly Anthology. This publication was the forerunner of the North American Review, America's leading literary journal, and the Club's reading room led to the founding in 1807 of the Boston Athenaeum. First issue of the North American Review with signature of its editor William Tudor (1779-1830). ...

He is buried in the First Church, King's Chapel in Boston.