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Margaret Fuller

Metaphysics

Critic, journalist and the first editor of the Transcendentalist periodical The Dial (1840-1842), succeeded in that role by Emerson. Author of Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1845). Died in a shipwreck off Fire Island, New York, returning from Italy with her husband and son.

Facts
Birth Year
1810 2
Birth Date
1810-05-23 2
Death Year
1850 2
Death Date
1850-07-19 2
Tradition
Transcendentalism 2
Classification
Nationality
United States 1
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Fuller edited The Dial 1840-1842; Emerson succeeded her as editor 1842-1844.

Source Robert D. Richardson, Emerson: The Mind on Fire (1995)
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Source Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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1. Wikipedia: Margaret Fuller
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Sarah Margaret Fuller (May 23, 1810, July 19, 1850), sometimes referred to as Margaret Fuller Ossoli, was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement.
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2. Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Stanford University, Center for the Study of Language and InformationAssociated With: Transcendentalism, entry: Margaret FullerView the Source
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