Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (December 15, 1831–February 24, 1917) was an American journalist, author, and reformer. Sanborn was a social scientist, and a memorialist of American transcendentalism who wrote early biographies of many of the movement's key figures. He founded the American Social Science Association, in 1865, "to treat wisely the great social problems of the day." He was a member of the Secret Six, or "Committee of Six," that funded the militant abolitionist John Brown. December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Terms like SOSE (Studies of Society & the Environment) not only refer to social sciences but also studies of the environment. ... Transcendentalism was a group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy that emerged in New England in the early-to mid-19th century. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... This article is about the historical Secret Six. ... This article is about the abolition of slavery. ... John Brown John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was the first white American abolitionist to advocate and practice insurrection as a means to the abolition of slavery. ...

Sanborn was born at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. He graduated Harvard in 1855. As secretary of the Massachusetts Kansas Commission he came into close touch with John Brown. Hampton Falls is a town located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ...

From 1863 to 1867 Sanborn was an editor of the Boston Commonwealth, from 1867 to 1897 of the Journal of Social Science, and from 1868 to 1914 a correspondent of the Springfield Republican. Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Government  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area  - City  89. ... Nickname: City of Homes Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Hampden County Settled 1636 Incorporated 1636 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor Charles Ryan (D) Area  - City  33. ... The Springfield Republican is a newspaper based in Springfield, Massachusetts. ...

He was one of the founders of, and was closely identified with, the American Social Science Association, the National Prison Association, the National Conference of Charities, the Clarke School for the Deaf, the Massachusetts Infant Asylum, and the Concord School of Philosophy. In 1865, at Boston, Massachusetts, a society for the study of social questions was organized and given the name American Social Science Association. ... The Clarke School for the Deaf was founded in 1867 in Northampton, Massachusetts as the first permanent oral school for the Deaf in the United States and has gained an international reputation as a pioneer and a leader in the field of auditory/oral education. ...

From 1874 to 1876 he was chairman of the Massachusetts State Board of Charities, and from 1879 to 1888 State Inspector of Charities. He lectured at Cornell, Smith, and Wellesley, edited writings of Thoreau, Paul Jones, J. H. Payne, Mary Shelley, and Thomas Love Peacock, and also published a number of books. Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar. ... Smith College, located in Northampton, Massachusetts, is the largest womens college in the United States []. Smith admits only female undergraduates, but admits both men and women as graduate students. ... Wellesley College is a womens liberal arts college that opened in 1875, founded by Henry Fowle Durant and his wife Pauline Fowle Durant. ... John Howard Payne (1791-1852) was an American actor and playwright. ... Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English romantic/gothic novelist and the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. ... Thomas Love Peacock (October 18, 1785 - January 23, 1866) was an English satirist and author. ...

Works

• Thoreau (1872)
• John Brown (1885)
• Dr. S. G. House (1891)
• A. Bronson Alcott: His Life and Philosophy (with William Torrey Harris) (1893)
• Emerson (1895)
• Dr. Earle (1898)
• Personality of Thoreau (1902)
• Personality of Emerson (1903)
• A History of New Hampshire (1904)
• Hawthorne (1908)
• Recollections of Seventy Years (1909)
• Final Life of Thoreau (1914)

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau[1]) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, and philosopher who is best known for Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance... Amos Bronson Alcott (November 29, 1799–March 4, 1888) was an American teacher and writer. ... William Torrey Harris (10 September 1835 - 5 November 1909) was an American educator, philosopher, and lexicographer. ... Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early nineteenth century. ... Mortimer Lamson Earle, Ph. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 - May 19, 1864) was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. ...

External links

• The Significance of Being Frank, by Tom Foran Clark
• The Emerson-Thoreau Correspondence: The Dial Period - Emerson In Europe

• This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.