William Emerson (minister)

The Reverend
William Emerson
Rev. William Emerson (published in Polyanthos 1812)
BornMay 6, 1769
Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay
DiedMay 12, 1811(1811-05-12) (aged 42)
Boston, Massachusetts
SpouseRuth Haskins
Children8

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.

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