Alcott is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Herefordshire (18.2 times the British average), followed by Warwickshire, Glamorgan, Sussex, Worcestershire, Hampshire, London and Kent. In all other British counties, its relative frequency was below national average. Alcott is traditionally mainly a West Midlands name. The name Alcott may refer to:
- Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), American educator and writer
- Abigail May Alcott Nieriker (1840 - 1879), American artist and sister of Louisa May
- Chemmy Alcott, British alpine skier
- Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott, author of Little Women
- William A. Alcott (1798-1859), author of advice books for newlyweds and cousin to Amos and Louisa
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Famous quotes containing the word alcott:
“Mr. Alcott seems to have sat down for the winter. He has got Plato and other books to read. He is as large-featured and hospitable to traveling thoughts and thinkers as ever; but with the same Connecticut philosophy as ever, mingled with what is better. If he would only stand upright and toe the line!—though he were to put off several degrees of largeness, and put on a considerable degree of littleness. After all, I think we must call him particularly your man.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)