Alcott 3457045 215851929 2008-05-29T23:57:13Z Aremith 605518 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/AlfredTerry|AlfredTerry]] ([[User talk:AlfredTerry|talk]]) to last version by 24.15.129.125 {{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: *[[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 {{surname|nocat}} [[Category:English surnames]] [[de:Alcott]] [[ja:オルコット]]