F. B. (Franklin Benjamin) Sanborn
F. B. (Franklin Benjamin) Sanborn (1831-1917) was born in Hampton Falls,
New Hampshire, and died in Westfield, New Jersey. He was an editor, author, and social
reformer who was referred to as the "Sage of Concord" in the years after the passing of
Ralph Waldo Emerson. After Sanborn graduated from Harvard University (1855), he taught
school in Concord, Massachusetts, before embarking on a career in the newspaper
business. He served as the editor of The Commonwealth
(1863-1867) and the Journal of Social Science (1867-1897) and
as a correspondent for the Springfield Republican (1868-1914).
He also authored biographies of A. Bronson Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David
Thoreau. As a reformer, he was associated with the American Social Science Association,
National Prison Association, National Conference of Charities, Clarke School for the
Deaf (Northampton, Massachusetts), and the Concord School of Philosophy.
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F. B. (Franklin Benjamin) Sanborn
F. B. (Franklin Benjamin) Sanborn (1831-1917) was born in Hampton Falls,
New Hampshire, and died in Westfield, New Jersey. He was an editor, author, and social
reformer who was referred to as the "Sage of Concord" in the years after the passing of
Ralph Waldo Emerson. After Sanborn graduated from Harvard University (1855), he taught
school in Concord, Massachusetts, before embarking on a career in the newspaper
business. He served as the editor of The Commonwealth
(1863-1867) and the Journal of Social Science (1867-1897) and
as a correspondent for the Springfield Republican (1868-1914).
He also authored biographies of A. Bronson Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David
Thoreau. As a reformer, he was associated with the American Social Science Association,
National Prison Association, National Conference of Charities, Clarke School for the
Deaf (Northampton, Massachusetts), and the Concord School of Philosophy.
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