Amos Bronson Alcott ( November 29, 1799 – March 4, 1888 ) was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer.

A native New Englander, Amos Bronson Alcott was born in Wolcott, Connecticut ( only recently renamed from " Farmingbury ") on November 29, 1799.

His parents were Joseph Chatfield Alcott and Anna Alcott ( née Bronson ).

Amos Bronson, the oldest of eight children, later changed the spelling to " Alcott " and dropped his first name.

The school taught only reading, writing, and spelling and he left this school at the age of 10. At age 13, his uncle, Reverend Tillotson Bronson, invited Alcott into his home in Cheshire, Connecticut to be educated and prepared for college.

Bronson gave it up after only a month and was self-educated from then on. He was not particularly social and his only close friend was his neighbor and second cousin William Alcott, with whom he shared books and ideas.

Bronson Alcott later reflected on his childhood at Spindle Hill: " It kept me pure ...

It was there that their first child, a daughter they named Anna Bronson Alcott, was born on March 16, 1831, after 36 hours of labor.

That summer, Bronson Alcott let Henry David Thoreau borrow his ax to prepare his home at Walden Pond.

There, next door to Peabody's book store on West Street, Bronson Alcott hosted a series based on the " Conversations " model by Margaret Fuller called " A Course on the Conversations on Man — his History, Resources, and Expectations ".

* Amos Bronson Alcott Network

* Bronson Alcott at Alcott house, England, and Fruitlands, New England ( 1842-1844 ) ( 1908 ) by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn

* Bronson Alcott: A glimpse at our vegetarian heritage, by Karen Iacobbo

* Guide to Books from the library of Amos Bronson Alcott at Houghton Library, Harvard University

* Guide to Amos Bronson Alcott papers at Houghton Library, Harvard University

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