Bronson Alcott

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Bronson Alcott was a 19th-century American transcendentalist philosopher, educator, and social reformer known for his innovative, often controversial ideas on education and spirituality and as the father of author Louisa May Alcott.

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Bronson Alcott canonical 31
Amos Bronson Alcott 15
A. Bronson Alcott 1

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instanceOf educator
human
philosopher
social reformer
transcendentalist
birthDate 1799-11-29
child Abigail May Alcott Nieriker
linked to: Abigail May Alcott

Anna Bronson Alcott
Elizabeth Sewall Alcott
linked to: Anna Bronson Alcott

Louisa May Alcott
closeFriend Ralph Waldo Emerson
coFounded Fruitlands utopian community
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1888-03-04
ethnicGroup Yankee
familyName Alcott
founded Fruitlands
linked to: Brook Farm

Temple School
fullName Amos Bronson Alcott
linked to: Bronson Alcott
genre diary
essay
philosophical writing
givenName Amos
influenced Louisa May Alcott
progressive education movement
influencedBy Christian mysticism
German Idealism
linked to: German idealism

Ralph Waldo Emerson
knownFor Socratic-style classroom conversations
innovative educational methods
role in American Transcendentalism
utopian social experiments
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf New England Transcendentalist circle
linked to: Transcendental Club
movement Transcendentalism
notableIdea child-centered education
moral education through conversation
spiritual self-culture
notableWork Concord Days
Conversations with Children on the Gospels
Sonnets and Canzonets
Tablets
occupation lecturer
philosopher
school principal
teacher
writer
placeOfBirth Wolcott, Connecticut
Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut
placeOfDeath Concord, Massachusetts
religion Christian mysticism
Unitarianism
residence Boston, Massachusetts
Concord, Massachusetts
spouse Abigail May Alcott

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