Ripley, George
1802 - Born on October 3rd in Greenfiled, Massachusetts. A journalist and reformer whose life, for half a century, mirrored the main currents of American thought. He was the leading promoter and director of Brook Farm and a spokesman for the utopian socialist ideas of the French social reformer Charles Fourier.
1823 - He graduated first in his class at Harvard.
1826-1840 - He was pastor of a Unitarian church in Boston, subsequently retiring from the active ministry altogether.
1827 - Married to Sophia Willard Dana.
1836 - The first meeting of the Transcendental Club was held at his house in September.
1841-1844 - He was a founder and a chief supporter of the magazine, the Dial, which was the organ of the school.
1849 - He joined the staff of the New York Tribune, and in a short time became its literary editor.
1865 - Married to Augusta Schlossberger.
1880 - Died on July 4th in New York.
1823 - He graduated first in his class at Harvard.
1826-1840 - He was pastor of a Unitarian church in Boston, subsequently retiring from the active ministry altogether.
1827 - Married to Sophia Willard Dana.
1836 - The first meeting of the Transcendental Club was held at his house in September.
1841-1844 - He was a founder and a chief supporter of the magazine, the Dial, which was the organ of the school.
1849 - He joined the staff of the New York Tribune, and in a short time became its literary editor.
1865 - Married to Augusta Schlossberger.
1880 - Died on July 4th in New York.
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