Which of the following is regarded as the father of the Transcendentalist movement and was known for advocating self-reliance, education, individualism, appreciation for nature, and gender and racial equality?

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Ralph Waldo Emerson is regarded as the father of the Transcendentalist movement and was known for advocating self-reliance, education, individualism, appreciation for nature, and gender and racial equality. He was a noted writer and speaker whose essays Self-Reliance and Nature, in addition to his speech "The American Scholar," came to be considered the foundation of the American intellectual identity. He served as a mentor to fellow Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau and poet Walt Whitman in addition to many other American intellectuals, authors, and artists.

Which of the Following Is Regarded as the Father of the Transcendentalist