Emerson, Ellen Tucker (1839–1909)
Emerson, Ellen Tucker (1839–1909)
American daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Name variations: Ella or Nelly Emerson. Born Feb 24, 1839, in Concord, Massachusetts; died 1909; dau. of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882, Transcendentalist) and Lidian Jackson Emerson (1802–1892); never married.
Was a traveling companion and assistant to her father.
See also The Letters of Ellen Tucker Emerson.
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