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Bronson Alcott

Also Known As Amos Bronson Alcott
American Literature

Educator, essayist and conversationalist, part of the Concord Transcendentalist circle; founder of the short-lived utopian community Fruitlands (1843-1844). Father of the novelist Louisa May Alcott.

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Birth Year
1799 1
Birth Date
1799-11-29 1
Death Year
1888 1
Death Date
1888-03-04 1
Bronson Alcott
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Both part of the Concord Transcendentalist circle.

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Bronson Alcott (Wikipedia)
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Alcott also wrote a series patterned after the work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe which was published in the Transcendentalists' journal, The Dial.
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