Transcendentalists and Utopian Communities

Shaker Community created

Nov 9, 1785

Amos Bronson Alcott born

Nov 29, 1799

American teacher, writer, philosopher, reformer and founder of Fruitlands utopian community.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Born

May 25, 1803

Essayist, lecturer and poet, leader of Transcendentalists. Wrote "Nature" in 1836.

Nathaniel Hawthorne born

Jul 4, 1804

Henry David Thoreau born

Jul 12, 1817

New Harmony Utopia established

Jan 1, 1825

By Robert Owen

New Harmony Utopia dissolved

Jan 1, 1827

Ralph Waldo Emerson publishes "Nature"

Sep 9, 1836

Emerson gives "The American Scholar" Speech

Aug 31, 1837

Directed to Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge. Considered the "Intellectual Declaration of Independence".

Brook Farm established

Oct 1, 1841

Margaret Fuller´s "Woman in the 19th Century" is published

Mar 15, 1845

Thoreau begins his stay at Walden Pond

Jun 15, 1845

Brook Farm dissolved

Jan 1, 1847

Oneida Community established

Jan 1, 1848

Thoreau´s "Walden" published

Mar 16, 1854

Henry David Thoreau dies

May 6, 1862

At Concord, Massachusetts. His last words were "Now comes good sailing".

Nathaniel Hawthorne dies

May 9, 1864

At Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Emerson´s home is burnt down.

Jul 24, 1872

Leads him to create new poetry, like "Pamassus".

Oneida Community dissolved

Jan 1, 1881

Ralph Waldo Emerson dies

Apr 27, 1882

At Concord, Massachusetts.

Amos Bronson Alcott dies

Mar 4, 1888

At Concord, Massachusetts

Shaker Utopia dissolved

Nov 11, 1899