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Amos Bronson Alcott was born on November 29, 1799, in Wolcott, Connecticut, and died on March 4, 1888. He was an author, teacher, conversationalist, philosopher, and outspoken advocate of educational and social reform.
Amos Bronson Alcott. Boston African American National Historic Site, Minute Man National Historical Park. Bronson Alcott: educator, abolitionist, reformer, Transcendentalist. University of Virginia. Quick Facts. Significance: Educator, Abolitionist, Transcendentalist, Father of author Louisa May Alcott. Place of Birth: Spindle Hill, Connecticut.
While being praised as one of the major influences in Transcendentalism, Alcott is also known for his unconventional teaching fundamentals, his experimental utopia Fruitlands, and founding the successful Concord School of Philosophy.
Amos Bronson Alcott. Reformer, philosopher, writer, visionary, teacher. From the 1840s to the 1880s, in Concord, Massachusetts, there lived an extraordinary man. He left his mark on all whom he touched, among them Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
Amos Bronson Alcott ( / ˈɔːlkət /; November 29, 1799 – March 4, 1888) was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer. As an educator, Alcott pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style, and avoided traditional punishment.
1799-1888. Amos Bronson Alcott. Biography. Born in 1799 to an illiterate flax farmer in Wolcott, Connecticut, Amos Bronson Alcott was singular among the Transcendentalists in his unassailable optimism and the extent of his self-education.
Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) was a philosopher, educational innovator, author, diarist, and ardent reformer who founded a short-lived utopian society, Fruitlands, and was one of the New England Transcendentalists of Concord, Massachusetts.
