Ellen Sturgis Hooper | |
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 Portrait of Hooper, painted by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1890). | |
| Born | Ellen Sturgis February 17, 1812 Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | November 3, 1848 (aged 36) Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Literary movement | Transcendentalism |
Ellen Sturgis Hooper (February 17, 1812 – November 3, 1848) was an American poet. A member of the Transcendental Club, she was widely regarded as one of the most gifted poets among the New England Transcendentalists. Her work is occasionally reprinted in anthologies.
She was, besides, sister of Caroline Sturgis Tappan, also a Transcendentalist and poet, as well as an acquaintance of William Ellery Channing, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry James, Sr.[1]
- ^ Biographical Note in the Sturgis-Tappan Family Papers, 1812-1982 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Five College Archives & Manuscript Collection, retrieved 22 July 2008