David Atwood Wasson (1823–1887) was an American minister and Transcendentalist author, an essayist and poet. He was early influenced by Thomas Carlyle, an influence he would shed;[1] he is usually regarded as a disciple of Ralph Waldo Emerson.[2]
^David R. Sorensen (editor), The Carlyles at Home and Abroad: Essays in Honour of Kenneth J. Fielding (2004), p. 129.