Alcott, Amos Bronson

Birth Name Alcott, Amos Bronson
Gender male
Age at Death 88 years, 3 months, 5 days

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(1799-1888), American educator and philosopher, who developed a method of
teaching young children by means of conversation. He was born in Wolcott,
Connecticut. In 1834 Alcott established a school at Boston in which his
system of teaching through conversation was employed. The school was
criticized by the press and regarded by the general public as a
revolutionary innovation. In 1839 Alcott closed the school and later moved
to Concord, Massachusetts. Thereafter he became widely known as a
lecturer. He was a prominent abolitionist and a leader of the philosophic
doctrine of transcendentalism. His writings include Observations on the
Principles and Methods of Infant Instruction (1830), Concord Days (1872),
Table Talk (1877), and Sonnets and Canzonets (1882).

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Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 29 November 1799 Wolcott, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA    
Death 4 March 1888 Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA    
Burial   Sleepy Hollow Cmtry., Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Alcott, Joseph Chatfield7 May 17713 April 1829
Mother Bronson, Anna20 January 177315 August 1863
    Sister     Alcott, Betsey 4 April 1798 5 November 1798
         Alcott, Amos Bronson 29 November 1799 4 March 1888
    Brother     Alcott, Chatfield 23 October 1801 23 August 1880
    Sister     Alcott, Pamelia 4 February 1805 14 June 1833
    Sister     Alcott, Pamila 4 February 1805 11 February 1849
    Sister     Alcott, Betsey 14 February 1808 12 November 1853
    Sister     Alcott, Phebe 18 February 1810 28 June 1844
    Brother     Alcott, George 26 March 1812 10 July 1812
    Brother     Alcott, Junius 6 July 1818 16 April 1852
    Brother     Alcott, Ambrose V 10 September 1820 17 December 1900

Families

Family of Alcott, Amos Bronson and May, Abigail

Married Wife May, Abigail ( * 8 October 1800 + 25 November 1877 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 23 May 1830      
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Alcott, Anna Bronson16 March 183113 July 1893
Alcott, Louisa May29 November 18326 March 1888
Alcott, Elizabeth Sewall24 June 183514 March 1858
Pratt, Frederick Alcott4 April 18396 April 1839
Alcott, Abigail May26 July 184029 December 1879
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