Bronson Alcott

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educator human philosopher social reformer transcendentalist

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.

Aliases (1)

Amos Bronson Alcott ×6

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	educator → human → philosopher → social reformer → transcendentalist →
birthDate	1799-11-29 →
child	Abigail May Alcott Nieriker → Anna Bronson Alcott → Elizabeth Sewall 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 → Temple School →
fullName	Amos Bronson Alcott →
genre	diary → essay → philosophical writing →
givenName	Amos →
influenced	Louisa May Alcott → progressive education movement →
influencedBy	Christian mysticism → 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 →
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 NERFINISHED → Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut →
placeOfDeath	Concord, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
religion	Christian mysticism → Unitarianism →
residence	Boston, Massachusetts → Concord, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
spouse	Abigail May Alcott →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Elizabeth Peabody → Margaret Fuller →	associatedWith
Anna Bronson Alcott ("Amos Bronson Alcott") → Louisa May Alcott ("Amos Bronson Alcott") →	father
The Wayside → The Wayside ("Amos Bronson Alcott") →	notableResident
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts, United States →	burialPlaceOf
Bronson Alcott ("Amos Bronson Alcott") →	fullName
Transcendentalism →	hasKeyFigure
Transcendental Club →	hasMember
Concord, Massachusetts →	hasNotableResident
Louisa May Alcott ("Amos Bronson Alcott") →	influencedBy
The Dial →	publishedWorkBy
Abigail May Alcott ("Amos Bronson Alcott") →	spouse