Bronson Alcott (Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century)
Early Life
Amos Bronson Alcott, the eldest of eight children, was born into a farming family near Wolcott, Connecticut. He attended the local district school, and displayed, from the start, a fondness for literature and elegant rhetoric. His father sent him at the age of thirteen to study with his mother’s brother, the Reverend Tillotson Bronson, who was principle of the Cheshire Academy. It was hoped that Alcott might enter the academy and eventually become a clergyman, but, overcome by homesickness, he returned home within a month.
The following year, Alcott was...
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