{"name": "Amos Bronson Alcott", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "An American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer. As an educator, Alcott pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style, and avoided traditional punishment. He hoped to perfect the human spirit and, to that end, advocated a plant-based diet. He was also an abolitionist and an advocate for women's rights."}, "birth_date": "1799", "remote_ids": {"viaf": "22289181", "isni": "0000000121238534", "wikidata": "Q474235", "lc_naf": "n50040194", "project_gutenberg": "38495"}, "death_date": "1888", "alternate_names": ["Alcott, Amos Bronson, 1799-1888", "Amos Alcott", "Amos B. Alcott", "A. Bronson Alcott", "Bronson Alcott", "Amos Bronson 1799-1888 Alcott"], "photos": [12705633], "personal_name": "Amos Bronson Alcott", "source_records": ["amazon:0837102200", "bwb:9781429019354", "bwb:9781340404925", "bwb:9781015343528"], "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "key": "/authors/OL766512A", "latest_revision": 12, "revision": 12, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-08-01T01:52:54.560103"}}