Ellen Sturgis Hooper
Ellen Sturgis Hooper | |
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| Born | Ellen Sturgis February 17, 1812 |
| 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.