Ralph Waldo Emerson
American essayist and philosopher · 1803-1882
American essayist, poet and philosopher whose essays made him a leading voice of 19th-century Transcendentalism.
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American essayist, poet and philosopher whose essays made him a leading voice of 19th-century Transcendentalism.
Essayist and transcendentalist known for Walden, civil disobedience and influential writing on nature and society.
Deafblind author and campaigner who became a prominent advocate for disability rights and social reform.
Novelist and short-story writer whose economical prose style influenced 20th-century literature.
Poet, painter and printmaker whose visionary works became influential in British literature and art.
Creator of James Bond whose spy novels became an enduring part of popular culture.
Novelist and essayist known for works examining totalitarianism, propaganda, social inequality and political language.
American humourist known for comic aphorisms, unconventional phonetic spelling and popular nineteenth-century public lectures.
Writer and philosopher who linked science, history and spirituality while influencing modern consciousness movements.
Novelist and short-story writer known for adventure fiction shaped by nature, labour and survival.
Novelist and short-story writer whose work portrayed wealth, ambition and disillusionment in the Jazz Age.
Novelist whose cyberpunk fiction explored digital networks, artificial intelligence and the social effects of technology.
American novelist and humourist whose fiction and social satire explored life along the Mississippi River.
Novelist and philosopher who developed Objectivism and wrote influential works including Atlas Shrugged.
American author known for property investment guides, sports coaching manuals and critiques of investment promoters.
Aviation pioneer who became the first woman to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic.
Founding Father, diplomat and scientist who played a central role in early United States history.
British statesman who led the United Kingdom through much of the Second World War.
American politician who served as the 35th US president during a pivotal period of the Cold War.
Investor and Berkshire Hathaway vice-chairman known for value investing and long-term business judgement.
American physicist known for major contributions to quantum electrodynamics and influential approaches to teaching physics.
Technology executive who led Intel through its transformation into a dominant microprocessor company.
Historian and public intellectual whose work ranged across world history, international affairs, religion and contemporary politics.
Third US president and principal author of the Declaration of Independence, central to the early republic.
Danish thinker whose writings on faith, choice and individuality helped shape existential philosophy.
Athenian historian whose account of the Peloponnesian War shaped later approaches to political history.
Australian historian whose widely read books explored geography, mining, Australian history and global conflict.
Psychologist and author known for her research on motivation, learning and the concept of growth mindset.
Mountaineer and author whose books on Scottish and Himalayan climbing became influential works of the genre.
Ancient Greek thinker whose work profoundly influenced philosophy, science, logic, ethics and political thought.
US president who advanced Progressive reforms, conservation, federal regulation and a more assertive foreign policy.
First Lady and UN delegate who helped advance international human rights and social reform.
Economist and sociologist known for Pareto efficiency, wealth distribution and theories of social elites.
British army officer and writer known for his role in the Arab Revolt during the First World War.
Anglican dean, theologian and writer known for Christian Platonism, mysticism and cultural commentary.
Mathematician, physicist and philosopher whose work advanced probability, fluid mechanics and mechanical calculation.
Mathematician and author known for research in number theory and accessible writing about mathematical thinking.
Computer scientist and educator known for virtual reality research, Alice software and his widely viewed Last Lecture.
Economist known for monetarism, influential research on inflation and public arguments for free-market policies.
Engineer and management consultant who helped establish modern approaches to quality planning, control and improvement.
Marketing professor, author and entrepreneur known for analysing technology companies, business strategy and economic inequality.
Management scholar known for examining how organisational reward systems can encourage behaviour that contradicts stated objectives.
Sociologist and educator known for books introducing sociological thinking and examining the organisation of social movements.