Ellen Sturgis Hooper
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.
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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 |
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.
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