Thoreau was a close friend and protégé of Emerson, who encouraged him to pursue his literary and philosophical interests. Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection on simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to unjust government.
Fuller was a journalist, editor, critic, and women's rights advocate who was associated with the transcendentalist circle. She edited the influential journal The Dial, which published Emerson, Thoreau, and other transcendentalist writers. She also wrote Woman in the Nineteenth Century, a seminal feminist work that expanded on Emerson's concept of self-reliance.
Whitman was a poet and humanist who was inspired by Emerson's vision of a new American literature and culture. He wrote Leaves of Grass, a groundbreaking collection of poems that celebrated democracy, nature, individualism, and the human spirit. He sent a copy of his book to Emerson, who praised it as 'the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed'.
Alcott was a novelist and reformer who grew up in a transcendentalist family and community. She was influenced by Emerson, who was her neighbor and mentor, as well as by Thoreau and Fuller, who were her teachers and friends. She is best known for her novel Little Women, which drew on her own experiences and expressed her transcendentalist values.
Alcott was an educator, writer, and social reformer who was one of the founding members of the transcendentalist club. He was a close friend and collaborator of Emerson, who supported his experimental and progressive school projects. He was also the father of Louisa May Alcott, whom he raised with transcendentalist principles.