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A Glossary of Important Contributors to American Literature
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Names of living authors are omitted.)
Born in
Wolcott, Conn., Nov. 29, 1799.
He established a school for children in
Boston, which was very successful until the press denounced it on account of the advanced ideas of the teacher.
He then gave up the school and devoted his time to the study of philosophy and reforms, and later moved to
Concord, Mass., where he founded the so-called “school of philosophy,” and became one of its leaders.
He contributed to
The Dial and published
Tablets (1868),
Concord days (1872),
Table talk (1877),
Sonnets and Canzonets (1882), and an
Essay (1865), presented to
Emerson on his birthday.
Emerson had a great veneration for him. Died in
Boston, Mass., March 4, 1888.
Born in
Charlestown, Mass., March 2, 1778.
He graduated from Harvard in 1798, studied law, and became eminent as a practitioner.
Spending some time in
England, he published, as a result,
Letters from London, (1804). His works include
Oration on the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill (1801) ;
Essay on the human character of Jesus Christ (1807); and his most famous story,
Peter Rugg, the Missing man, originally contributed to the
New England Galaxy (1824-26), of which he was editor.
Died in
Charlestown, Mass., June 27, 1841.
