Emerson (surname)
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Emerson is a surname derived from Anglo-Saxon Emars sunu, meaning "son of Emar" or "son of Ethelmar". It commonly misinterpreted that the name is derived from "Emery's son". As a surname
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A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
, Emerson may refer to:
In Literature
- Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century...
(1803–1882), American writer philosopher, and transcendentalist - Claudia EmersonClaudia EmersonClaudia Emerson is an American poet who won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her collection Late Wife.-Background:...
(born 1957), American professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet - Earl EmersonEarl EmersonEarl Emerson is an American mystery novelist and author.Emerson is the author of two series of mystery novels, the Mac Fontana series and the Thomas Black detective series, as well as several thrillers...
(born 1948), American mystery novelist - Efrem EmersonEfrem EmersonEfrem Emerson is an American fiction writer from Aroostook County, Maine, but who now lives in San Diego, California. His work has been published in a number of anthologies, including "Fiction International", "Sick: An Anthology of Illness", "The Dream People", "Vegas Undiscovered", "City Works"...
, American fiction writer - George Barrell EmersonGeorge Barrell EmersonGeorge Barrell Emerson was an American educator and pioneer of women's education.-Biography:He was born in Kennebunk, Maine. He graduated from Harvard College in 1817, and soon after took charge of an academy in Lancaster, Massachusetts...
(1797–1881), American Educator and pioneer of women's education rights - Hunt EmersonHunt EmersonHunt Emerson is a cartoonist living and working in Birmingham, England. He was closely involved with the Birmingham Arts Lab of the mid-to-late 1970s, and with the British underground comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s...
(born 1952), English cartoonist and graphic novelist - Nathaniel Bright EmersonNathaniel Bright EmersonNathaniel Bright Emerson was a medical physician and author of Hawaiian mythology.He attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts and served in the First Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, during which he was wounded three times...
(1839–1915), American physician and author of Hawaiian mythology. - Steven EmersonSteven EmersonSteven Emerson, is an American journalist and author, who writes about national security, terrorism, and Islamic extremism.Emerson is the author of six books, and co-author of two more. His television documentary Jihad in America won the 1994 George Polk Award for best Television Documentary, and...
, American print and broadcast investigative journalist - William Emerson (minister)William Emerson (minister)The Rev. William Emerson 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.-Biography:Emerson was born in Concord,...
(1769–1811), American philosopher, and father of Ralph Waldo Emerson
In Art
- Arthur Webster EmersonArthur Webster EmersonArthur Webster Emerson was a painter who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in either 1885 or 1886. As a young Hawaiian-born artist, he was encouraged in his painting by Madge Tennent. During the 1910s and 1920s, he painted in New York with other young artists associated with the Ashcan School...
, American/Hawaiian painter - Christie L. Emerson (born 1947), American wildlife artist
- Keith EmersonKeith EmersonKeith Noel Emerson is an English keyboard player and composer. Formerly a member of the Keith Emerson Trio, John Brown's Bodies, The T-Bones, V.I.P.s, P.P. Arnold's backing band, and The Nice , he was a founder of Emerson, Lake & Palmer , one of the early supergroups, in 1970...
(born 1944), English composer, keyboardist and member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Peter Henry EmersonPeter Henry EmersonPeter Henry Emerson was a British writer and photographer. His photographs are early examples of promoting photography as an art form...
(1856–1936), Cuban-born British photographer. - Stuart EmersonStuart EmersonStuart Emerson is a background vocalist and musician playing drums, bass, keyboards, and guitars. He has worked on albums for artists including Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler....
, UK guitarist associated with his own band Emerson and Meat Loaf
In Business
- Ernest EmersonErnest EmersonErnest R. Emerson is an American custom knifemaker, martial artist, and edged-weapons expert. Originally an engineer and machinist in the aerospace industry, Emerson became a knifemaker known for making decorative knives but later became better known for his combat knives, eventually founding a...
(born 1955), American messersmith, and martial arts expert - John Wesley EmersonJohn Wesley EmersonJohn Wesley Emerson was an American lawyer, American Civil War commander, Missouri Circuit Court judge, and the founder and principal investor of the Emerson Electric Company.-Early life:...
(1832–1899), lawyer, historian, Civil War officer, and founder of the Emerson Electric Company
In Entertainment
- Billy "The Kid" Emerson (born 1929), African-American R&B musician
- Faye EmersonFaye EmersonFaye Margaret Emerson was an American film actress and television interviewer, known as "The First Lady of Television". She acted in many Warner Brothers films beginning in 1941...
(1917–1983), American film actress and television personality - Hope EmersonHope Emerson-Early life:Emerson was born in Hawarden, Iowa. Following her graduation from West High School in Des Moines in 1916, she moved to New York City where she performed in vaudeville.-Career:...
(1897–1960), American film actress - Michael EmersonMichael EmersonMichael Emerson is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his roles as Benjamin Linus on Lost and fictional serial killer William Hinks in The Practice.-Early life:...
(born 1954), American stage and screen actor - Rick EmersonRick EmersonRick Emerson , formerly known as Rick Taylor, is a radio personality most known for The Rick Emerson Show, currently broadcasting daily from , and has been broadcast in Portland, Oregon, in one form or another, since 1997. The show was nationally syndicated for a period from 1998-2001 by NBG Radio...
(born 1973), American radio personality in Portland, Oregon
In Sciences
- E. Allen EmersonE. Allen EmersonErnest Allen Emerson is a computer scientist and endowed professor at the University of Texas, Austin, USA.He won the 2007 A.M. Turing Award along with Edmund M...
, computer scientist - John Haven EmersonJohn Haven EmersonJohn Haven "Jack" Emerson was an American inventor of biomedical devices, specializing in respiratory equipment. He is perhaps best remembered for his work in improving the iron lung.-Early life:...
(1906–1997), American inventor of biomedical devices - Rollins Adams Emerson (1873–1947), American geneticist
- William Emerson (mathematician)William Emerson (mathematician)William Emerson , English mathematician, was born at Hurworth, near Darlington, where his father, Dudley Emerson, also a mathematician, taught a school...
(1701–1782), English eccentric, scientist and philosopher - William Henry EmersonWilliam Henry EmersonWilliam Henry "Big Doc" Emerson was an American chemist.-Life:William Henry Emerson was born in Tunnel Hill, Georgia in 1860 to Matilda Caroline Austin, daughter of Clisbe Austin, and Caleb J. Emerson. He joined the United States Naval Academy at age 16, graduating in 1880. Emerson spent the next...
(1860-1924), American chemist - William Keith EmersonWilliam Keith EmersonWilliam Keith Emerson, usually known as Bill Emerson, , is an American malacologist, a biologist who studies mollusks. He is currently a Curator Emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City where he has been a curator since 1955...
(born 1928) American malacologist
In Politics
- Arthur EmersonArthur EmersonArthur Tenney Emerson was the 21st Governor of American Samoa from April 22, 1931 to July 17, 1931. He attended Dartmouth College before being appointed to the United States Naval Academy from Massachusetts, graduating in 1916. He married Gertrude Childs in 1921 aboard the USS Utah in Naples, Italy...
, 21st Governor of American Samoa - Bill EmersonBill EmersonNorvell William "Bill" Emerson was an American politician from Missouri. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until his death in 1996. He was succeeded in the House by his widow, Jo Ann Emerson...
(1938–1996), aka Norvell William Emerson, American US congressman from Missouri - Craig EmersonCraig EmersonCraig Anthony Emerson , Australian politician, has represented the House of Representatives seat of Rankin in Queensland for the Australian Labor Party since the 1998 federal election...
(born 1954), Australian Labor Party representative from Queensland - David EmersonDavid EmersonDavid Lee Emerson, PC, OBC is a Canadian politician, businessman and civil servant.Emerson is a former Member of Parliament for the riding of Vancouver Kingsway. He was first elected as a Liberal and served as Minister of Industry under Prime Minister Paul Martin...
(born 1945), Canadian politician, businessman, civil servant - Frank C. Emerson (1882–1931), American politician, former governor of the US state of Wyoming
- Jo Ann EmersonJo Ann EmersonJo Ann Emerson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. The district consists of Southeast and South Central Missouri and includes the Bootheel, the Lead Belt and the Ozarks. Emerson is a member of the Republican Party....
(born 1950), American congresswoman from Missouri, and widow of former congressman Bill Emerson - John EmersonJohn EmersonJohn Emerson was the 15th mayor of Calgary, Alberta. He was the mayor at the time that Alberta became a province of Canada, which was on September 1, 1905....
(1859–1932), Canadian politician; former mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Newton EmersonNewton EmersonNewton Emerson is a political commentator and satirist in Northern Ireland. He describes himself as a 'liberal Unionist'. Despite this, he writes in two Nationalist-leaning newspapers, the Irish edition of the Daily Mirror, and The Irish News...
, Northern Irish political commentator and satirist. - Rupert EmersonRupert EmersonRupert Emerson was a professor of political science and international relations. He served on the faculty of Harvard University for forty-three years and served in various U.S government positions.After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1917-18, he received a B.A. from Harvard University in 1922, then...
(1899–1979), American professor of political science and international relations
In Sport
- Denise EmersonDenise EmersonDenise Emerson is a former Australian cricketer who played domestic cricket for New South Wales Women and Western Australia Women, as well as making a number of appearances for the Australian national women's team...
(born 1960), Australian cricketer - Gary EmersonGary EmersonGary Paul Emerson is an English professional golfer.Emerson was born in Bournemouth, Dorset. He turned professional in 1982 and after regular trips to qualifying school finally made it onto the European Tour in 1995. He has won the 1998 Netcom Norwegian Open on the second-tier Challenge Tour and...
(born 1963), English golfer and winner of the 2004 Russian Open - Nelson EmersonNelson EmersonNelson Donald Emerson is a Canadian former ice hockey right winger.-Playing career:Emerson grew up playing minor hockey in his hometown of Waterford, Ontario with the Waterford Wildcats of the OMHA...
(born 1967), Canadian right wing hockey player formerly in the National Hockey League - Ross Emerson (cricketer) (born 1954), Australian international cricket umpire
- Roy EmersonRoy EmersonRoy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He is the only male player to have won singles and doubles titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. His 28 Grand Slam titles are an all-time record for a male...
(born 1936), Australian tennis player
Other
- Henry E. Emerson, American military leader
- Keith EmersonKeith EmersonKeith Noel Emerson is an English keyboard player and composer. Formerly a member of the Keith Emerson Trio, John Brown's Bodies, The T-Bones, V.I.P.s, P.P. Arnold's backing band, and The Nice , he was a founder of Emerson, Lake & Palmer , one of the early supergroups, in 1970...
(born 1944), British keyboard player and composer, formerly of Emerson, Lake & PalmerEmerson, Lake & PalmerEmerson, Lake & Palmer, also known as ELP, are an English progressive rock supergroup. They found success in the 1970s and sold over forty million albums and headlined large stadium concerts. The band consists of Keith Emerson , Greg Lake and Carl Palmer...