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 Amos Bronson Alcott

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Amos Bronson Alcott Famous memorial

Birth
Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Death
4 Mar 1888 (aged 88)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Memorial ID
5594 View Source

Social Reformer, Religious Leader. He was the founder of the Transcendentalism movement in the United States. An innovative educator, he was a leading slavery abolitionist, a women's rights advocate, a founder of a vegan community, an architect and artist, and author of several books. He was the father of "Little Women" author Louisa May Alcott.

Social Reformer, Religious Leader. He was the founder of the Transcendentalism movement in the United States. An innovative educator, he was a leading slavery abolitionist, a women's rights advocate, a founder of a vegan community, an architect and artist, and author of several books. He was the father of "Little Women" author Louisa May Alcott.


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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: 5 Jun 1999
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 5594
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5594/amos-bronson-alcott: accessed ), memorial page for Amos Bronson Alcott (29 Nov 1799–4 Mar 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5594, citing Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.