Amos Bronson Alcott
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 Amos Bronson Alcott facts

• 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 vegan diet before the term was coined
• He was also an abolitionist and an advocate for women's rights
• Born in Connecticut in 1799, Alcott had only minimal formal schooling before attempting a career as a traveling salesman
• Worried about how the itinerant life might have a negative impact on his soul, he turned to teaching
• His innovative methods, however, were controversial, and he rarely stayed in one place very long
• His most well-known teaching position was at the Temple School in Boston
• His experience there was turned into two books: Records of a School and Conversations with Children on the Gospels
• Alcott became friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson and became a major figure in transcendentalism
• His writings on behalf of that movement, however, are heavily criticized for being incoherent