It is now situated on Pixton Hill, Forest Row in East Sussex, UK.
It was named after Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and transcendentalist.
For the past c.60 years there has been an international community of students, teachers, and researchers living and studying on the site inspired by the philosophy and teachings of Rudolf Steiner—which he called Anthroposophy.
Emerson has been a nest for different courses like Waldorf Teacher Training, Anthroposophical Foundation year, Holistic care, Biodynamic Agriculture, Visual and Performing Arts and Storytelling and so on.
[1] "The Story of Emerson College: Its Founding Impulse, Work and Form" - Michael Spence, Temple Lodge Press, 2013.