PHILOSOPHER

Amos Bronson Alcott

1799 - 1888

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Amos Bronson Alcott (; November 29, 1799 – March 4, 1888) was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer. As an educator, Alcott pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style, and avoided traditional punishment. He hoped to perfect the human spirit and, to that end, advocated a plant-based diet. He was also an abolitionist and an advocate for women's rights. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amos Bronson Alcott is the 1,147th most popular philosopher (down from 1,114th in 2019), the 7,464th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,367th in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Amos Bronson Alcott ranks 1,147 out of 1,267. Before him are Harry Frankfurt, Ernest Belfort Bax, Geydar Dzhemal, Abram Deborin, Lucien Sève, and Leila Ahmed. After him are Phan Thanh Giản, Ion Dragoumis, Walter Burley, Max Bense, Eudorus of Alexandria, and Nick Land.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, Amos Bronson Alcott ranks 54. Before him are Heinrich von Gagern, Nathaniel Palmer, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, George Finlay, František Čelakovský, and Frederick Catherwood. After him are Edward Belcher, Henry Monnier, William Rutter Dawes, Avdotia Istomina, James Prinsep, and Titian Peale. Among people deceased in 1888, Amos Bronson Alcott ranks 73. Before him are Francesco Faà di Bruno, François Perrier, Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar, Carl Gustav Axel Harnack, Jules d'Anethan, and Alessandro Antonelli. After him are Arsène Darmesteter, Henry James Sumner Maine, Yuriy Fedkovych, Jan van Beers, George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, and Kanō Hōgai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Amos Bronson Alcott ranks 7,466 out of 20,380. Before him are Harry Beaumont (1888), Margaret Qualley (1994), Jim Keltner (1942), Sherrill Milnes (1935), Christopher Scarver (1969), and Tom Byron (1961). After him are James C. Adamson (1946), Jon Lovitz (1957), Debbie Rowe (1958), Paul R. Ehrlich (1932), Medgar Evers (1925), and Don Knotts (1924).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Amos Bronson Alcott ranks 59. Before him are Mary Daly (1928), Josiah Royce (1855), William Lane Craig (1949), Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825), Allan Bloom (1930), and Harry Frankfurt (1929). After him are Patricia Hill Collins (1948), Richard Posner (1939), Michael Hardt (1960), William Chittick (1943), Iris Marion Young (1949), and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787).

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