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Other Transcendentalists

There were others who were associated with the Transcendental group in Concord who should be acknowledged. Some were Unitarian ministers, others were late-comers. Perhaps one might best call them transcendental "fellow-travelers."

Louisa May Alcott, 1832-1888

Web Site Louisa May Alcott, by Joan Goodwin. [Web SiteDictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography]
Web Site Orchard House Site

William Henry Channing, 1810-1884

William Henry Channing. George Willis Cooke.
Web SiteWilliam Henry Channing biography.
Web SiteWilliam Channing's Symphony. Arthur Brisbane.

Lydia Maria Child, 1802-1880

Web Site Lydia Maria Child by Joan Goodwin. UUA Site.
>Lydia Marie Child biography. Wikipedia.
Web Site Lydia Maria Child: A Biography. Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
Web SiteLydia Marie Child. Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
Web SiteLydia Marie Child. Transcendentalists.com.
Web SiteLydia Marie Child Bibliography, PAL site.
"What Is Beauty?". The Dial, April 1843.

James Freeman Clarke, 1810-1888

Web Site James Freeman Clarke, by Gregory McGonigle. [Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography]
Web SiteJames Freeman Clarke: Biography and Works
Web Site James Freeman Clarke: Bibliography
Web Site James Freeman Clarke. Alcott Net.

Moncure Conway, 1832-1907

Web Site Web Site Moncure Conway, by Charles A. Howe. [Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography]
Web Site Moncure Daniel Conway
Web Site The Writings of Moncure Conway. Making of America Site.

George Willis Cooke, 1848-1923

Web Site George Willis Cooke, by Web Site Charles A. Howe. [Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography]

Caroline Healy Dall, 1822-1912

Web SiteCaroline Dall by Spencer Devin and Peter Hughes. [Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography]
Web Site Caroline Healy Dall. Worcester Women's History Project.
The Duties and Influence of Women from Historical Pictures Retouched, 1860.
"Transcendentalism in New England."

John Sullivan Dwight, 1813-1893

Web Site John Sullivan Dwight, by David Robinson. [Web Site Dwight's Journal of Music, Boston, 1852-1881.
Web Site John Sullivan Dwight. Virtual American Biographies.

Frederic Henry Hedge, 1805-1890

Web Site Frederic Henry Hedge, by Charles Grady. [Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography]
Web Site Frederic Henry Hedge: Biography and Reason in Religion. American Unitarian Conference.
Essays on "Coleridge" and "Progress of Society"
Questionings. Poem from The Dial, 1841.

Elizabeth Hoar, 1814-1878

Web Site Elizabeth Hoar, by Paula Robbins. [Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography]

George Ripley, 1802-1880 and Sophia Ripley (-1861)

Web Site George Ripley, by David Robinson. [Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography]
Web Site George Ripley, 1802-1880. Alcott.net.
"Discourse on Philosophy of Religion [I]."
Web Site George Ripley and the Brook Farm Community.
"Woman." Essay by Sophia Ripley, The Dial, Jan. 1841.

Samuel (1783-1847) and Sarah Ripley (1793-1867)

Web Site Samuel and Sarah Ripley, by Joan Goodwin. [Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography]

Franklin Sanborn, 1831-1917

Web Site The Significance of Being Frank: The Life and Times of Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, by Tom Foran Clark.
Web Site Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, 1831-1917/ Alcott.net.
Web Site Links on Sanborn. Transcendentalists.com.
Web Site Elizabeth Peabody and Franklin Benjamin Sanborn

The Sturgis Sisters: Ellen Hooper (1812-1848) and Caroline Tappan (1819-1888)

On Ellen Sturgis Hooper and Selected Poems.
On Caroline Sturgis Tappan and Selected Poems.