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Alcott is a surname and 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

English: ostensibly a topographic name containing Middle English cott, cote ‘cottage’. In fact, however, it is generally if not always an alteration of Alcock, in part at least for euphemistic reasons.

FOREBEARS: Louisa May Alcott (1832-88), author of Little Women (1869), was the daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), who had changed the family name from Alcox. The family trace their descent from an Alcocke family who emigrated from England to Massachusetts with John Winthrop in 1629.

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-{{Wikify|date=November 2007}}English: ostensibly a topographic name containing Middle English cott, cote ‘cottage’. In fact, however, it is generally if not always an alteration of [[Alcock]], in part at least for euphemistic reasons.
-FOREBEARS: [[Louisa May Alcott]] (1832-88), author of [[Little Women]] (1869), was the daughter of [[Amos Bronson Alcott]] (1799-1888), who had changed the family name from [[Alcox]]. The family trace their descent from an [[Alcocke]] family who emigrated from [[England]] to [[Massachusetts]] with [[John Winthrop]] in [[1629]].
 '''Alcott''' is a [[surname]] and  may refer to:
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 *[[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
+English: ostensibly a topographic name containing Middle English cott, cote ‘cottage’. In fact, however, it is generally if not always an alteration of [[Alcock]], in part at least for euphemistic reasons.
+FOREBEARS: [[Louisa May Alcott]] (1832-88), author of [[Little Women]] (1869), was the daughter of [[Amos Bronson Alcott]] (1799-1888), who had changed the family name from [[Alcox]]. The family trace their descent from an [[Alcocke]] family who emigrated from [[England]] to [[Massachusetts]] with [[John Winthrop]] in [[1629]].
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