Charles Johnson Woodbury

Woodbury was born on September 15, 1844. A Williams College graduate, he met Ralph Waldo Emerson on November 7, 1865, when he lectured for one day, but stayed for a week because of positive reception from students. Woodbury and Emerson became acquaintances, which Woodbury used their time to write Talks With Ralph Waldo Emerson.^[1] He died on May 13, 1927, aged 83, in Oakland, California.^[2][3]

• Charles Johnson Woodbury Papers at Williams College