Amos Bronson Alcott

Amos Bronson Alcott (November 29 1799–March 4 1888) was an American teacher and writer. He is remembered for founding a short-lived and unconventional school as well as a utopian community known as "Fruitlands", and for his association with Transcendentalism.

References

• Alcott, Amos Bronson. Conversations with Children on the Gospels.
• Geraldine Brooks. "Orpheus at the Plough." The New Yorker, January 10, 2005, pp. 58-65. (The New Yorker article is reproduced on author's website)