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Amos Bronson Alcott

Born

in Wolcott, Connecticut, The United States

November 29, 1799

Died

March 04, 1888

Website

http://www.alcott.net/

Genre

Philosophy, Education, Religion & Spirituality

Influences

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Bunyan, John ...more

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American transcendentalist philosopher Amos Bronson Alcott developed a theory of education, based on mutual respect and Socratic questioning rather than authority and rote learning.

He fathered Louisa May Alcott, a daughter.

This teacher, writer, and reformer pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style, and avoided traditional punishment. He expected to perfect the human spirit and to that end advocated a vegan diet before people coined the term. He, also an abolitionist, advocated for rights of women.

Alcott with only minimal formal schooling attempted a career as a traveling salesman. Worried about potential negative effect of the itinerant life on his soul, he turned to teaching. With his co American transcendentalist philosopher Amos Bronson Alcott developed a theory of education, based on mutual respect and Socratic questioning rather than authority and rote learning.

He fathered Louisa May Alcott, a daughter.

This teacher, writer, and reformer pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style, and avoided traditional punishment. He expected to perfect the human spirit and to that end advocated a vegan diet before people coined the term. He, also an abolitionist, advocated for rights of women.

Alcott with only minimal formal schooling attempted a career as a traveling salesman. Worried about potential negative effect of the itinerant life on his soul, he turned to teaching. With his controversial innovative methods, however, he rarely stayed in one place very long. He turned his experience at his most well-known teaching position at the temple school in Boston into two books: Records of a School and Conversations with Children on the Gospels. Alcott, a major figure in transcendentalism, befriended Ralph Waldo Emerson. People heavily criticize his incoherent writings on behalf of that movement. Based on his ideas for human perfection, Alcott founded Fruitlands, a transcendentalist experiment in community living. After seven months, the brief project failed. Alcott continued to struggle financially for most of his life. Nevertheless, he continued focusing on educational projects and opened a new school at the end of his life in 1879.

Alcott married Abby May in 1830, and four daughters eventually survived. Their second daughter, Louisa May Alcott, fictionalized her experience with the family in her novel Little Women in 1868. Alcott, often criticized for his inability to earn a living and to support his family, often relied on loans from other persons, including his brother-in-law and Ralph Waldo Emerson. He was never financially secure until his daughter became a best-selling novelist.

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	How Like an Angel Came I Down: Conversations With Children on the Gospels 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	General Maxims of Teaching by Amos Bronson Alcott, Applewood Books 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Concord days. By A. Bronson Alcott 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1872 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tablets 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1868 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher and Seer; An Estimate of His Character and Genius in Prose and Verse it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1983 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orphic Sayings by Amos Bronson Alcott, Son Rivers (Introduction) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Doctrine and Discipline of Human Culture 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sonnets & Canzonets 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1969 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notes Of Conversations, 1848-1875 by Amos Bronson Alcott, Karen English (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Table-talk (BCL1-PS American Literature) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1877 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.”
― Amos Bronson Alcott, Concord Days

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“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.”
― Amos Bronson Alcott, Tablets

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“The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.”
― Amos Bronson Alcott

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