Ralph Waldo Emerson, the renowned poet, . . .

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, the renowned poet, essayist, and transcendentalist, believed that the universe is a transcendent "over-soul" and that every living thing is a part of this "blessed Unity."

A) the renowned poet, essayist, and transcendentalist

B) the poet, essayist, and transcendentalist who was renowned

C) the renowned poet as well as an essayist, who was also a transcendentalist

D) who was a renowned poet and was also an essayist and transcendentalist

E) being renowned as a poet, essayist, and transcendentalist

OA is A.

Is the option B wrong? Why? It seems correct.