Authors

Bronson Alcott

Also Known As Amos Bronson Alcott

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Literature Atlas. "Bronson Alcott." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-literature.interactiveatlas.org/authors/bronson-alcott.

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Literature Atlas. (n.d.). Bronson Alcott. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-literature.interactiveatlas.org/authors/bronson-alcott

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@misc{literatureatlas-bronson-alcott,
  author = {Literature Atlas},
  title = {Bronson Alcott},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-literature.interactiveatlas.org/authors/bronson-alcott},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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.

Facts

Birth Year

1799 1

Birth Date

1799-11-29 1

Death Year

1888 1

Death Date

1888-03-04 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Both part of the Concord Transcendentalist circle.

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

In Movement

Transcendentalism

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Sources

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

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