George Partridge Bradford Explained

George Partridge Bradford (February 16, 1807January 26, 1890) was an American writer and teacher.

George Partridge Bradford was born on February 16, 1807, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, to Elizabeth (Hicking) and Gamaliel Bradford.^{[1] [2]} He graduated from Harvard College in 1825 and Harvard Divinity School in 1828.

Bradford joined the Brook Farm community and contributed to some of its publications. He gave a few lyceum lectures on English literature in Concord, Massachusetts, and published a book called Thoughts on Spiritual Subjects Translated from the Writings of Fénelon (1843).^{[3] [4]}

Bradford died on January 26, 1890, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[5]

Further reading

• Book: Delano, Sterling F. . Brook Farm: The Dark Side of Utopia . registration . 2004 . . 0-674-01160-0 . 53170437.
• Mathews . James W. . 1981 . George Partridge Bradford: Friend of Transcendentalists . Studies in the American Renaissance . 133–156 . 0149-015X . 30227479.

Notes and References

1. Book: American Authors 1600–1900: A Biographical Dictionary of American Literature . . 1938 . Kunitz . Stanley J. . . Haycraft . Howard.
2. Book: Swift, Lindsay . Brook Farm: Its Members, Scholars, and Visitors . . 1908 . 187–194.
3. Book: Mathews, James P. . Biographical Dictionary of Transcendentalism . Greenwood Press . 1996 . Mott . Wesley T. . . Bradford, George Partridge.
4. Book: Encyclopedia of Transcendentalism . 2006 . . 0-8160-5626-9 . Wayne . Tiffany K. . . 58807161.
5. News: February 4, 1890 . The Late George P. Bradford . 6 . . newspapers.com.