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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amos Bronson Alcott has received more than 625,107 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Amos Bronson Alcott is the 977th most popular philosopher (down from 939th in 2019), the 5,033rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,685th in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 19

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  • 3.16

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  • 3.08

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Amos Bronson Alcott ranks 977 out of 1,081. Before him are Ernest Nagel, Friedrich Paulsen, Bernard Stiegler, Abdolkarim Soroush, Harry Frankfurt, and Persaeus. After him are Guillaume Faye, Carole Pateman, Idomeneus of Lampsacus, Sedulius Scottus, Metrocles, and Rémi Brague.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, Amos Bronson Alcott ranks 34. Before him are Ludwig Rellstab, Ignaz von Döllinger, Alexander Petrov, Imre Frivaldszky, Henri Druey, and Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur, Frederick Catherwood, Manuel Bulnes, Joachim Barrande, Ferdinand Reich, and Nathaniel Palmer. Among people deceased in 1888, Amos Bronson Alcott ranks 61. Before him are Hippolyte Carnot, Laurence Oliphant, Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Jules Émile Planchon, Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, and François Perrier. After him are George Robert Waterhouse, Anna Kingsford, Philip Henry Gosse, Asa Gray, Carl Christian Hall, and Francesco Faà di Bruno.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Amos Bronson Alcott ranks 5,033 out of 18,182. Before him are Louis Leon Thurstone (1887), Brendan Eich (1961), Frank Marshall (1946), Peter Sarsgaard (1971), William D. Leahy (1875), and Loretta Swit (1937). After him are Amy Madigan (1950), Thomas H. Ince (1880), Alex Rocco (1936), Robert Evans (1930), Herbert Mullin (1947), and Nancy Kerrigan (1969).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Amos Bronson Alcott ranks 47. Before him are Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Wilfrid Sellars (1912), Susan George (1934), Ram Dass (1931), Mary Daly (1928), and Harry Frankfurt (1929). After him are Stanley Cavell (1926), Barrington Moore Jr. (1913), Allan Bloom (1930), Hubert Dreyfus (1929), William Lane Craig (1949), and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787).

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