Talk:Amos Bronson Alcott
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Someone who knows more about Mr. Alcott should try breaking this into sections so it's a little easier to navigate. By the way, is he one of the Alcotts buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord? -Midnightdreary 18:24, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
More information needed
This is a nice article on Alcott, as far as it goes. It should at least mention the fact that for all his high-flown ideals and dedication to learning Bronson Alcott was unable to hold a job that would even come close to supporting his family- they went through frequent periods of near starvation until the load was lightened by the elder daughter marrying , two younger daughters dying and by Louisa's writing bringing in a dependable income.Saxophobia (talk) 23:24, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
- The whole article is definitely in its infancy. I hope to work on it soon but let's not overhype the "bad father figure" bullcrap. He was an incredible man, an otherworldly thinker... he just wasn't grounded. Materialism, self-sustenance... too beneath him, to the point of detriment. --Midnightdreary (talk) 17:39, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Chronology problem
There's a chronology problem with birthdates of the children. The text says in one place "...their first child, a daughter they named Anna Bronson Alcott, was born on March 16, 1831," and in the next paragraph, "The couple's only son was born on April 6, 1831, but lived only a few minutes." That doesn't work, so one of those dates is wrong. Probably the date of the birth of the son, because I'm currently reading a biography of Louisa May Alcott, and my recollection is that the son was born AFTER the first three daughters, and after two or three subsequent miscarriages. Maybe the year of his birth is supposed to be 1837, but I'll check my book and see if I can fix that part of the text. 64.83.4.35 (talk) 07:44, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
- I forgot that I wasn't logged in when I posted the above. I remembered I had an additional reference besides the current biography that I am reading, and that one confirms that the son was born in 1839, not 1831. (The other doesn't give an exact date, but it is mentioned in the context of other events of 1839.) I'll work on re-ordering the text to fit the proper chronology.LBourne (talk) 09:10, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
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