William Emerson (minister)

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The Reverend William Emerson
Rev. William Emerson (published in Polyanthos 1812)
Born	May 6, 1769 Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died	May 12, 1811 Boston, Massachusetts

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.