George Ripley (3 October 1802-4 July 1880), who first gained national prominence as a Transcendentalist and the founder of the Brook Farm community, had a secondary but significant journalistic career and his greatest fame during the last quarter...

George Ripley (1802-1880), American clergyman and journalist, was a leader of the transcendentalist movement and a founder of the famous utopian community Brook Farm. He later became an able literary critic for the "New York Tribune." George Ripley was...

Although George Ripley was instrumental in the development of the New England philosophical, social, religious, and literary reform movement known as American Transcendentalism, he has been largely overlooked by literary scholars and historians,...

After rising from bricklayer to a national director in the Department of Labor, George W. Ripley III dedicated his life to public service, championing the plight of blue-collar workers. One of his favorite books was "The Cry for Justice," an anthology of social protest...

George Ripley, 76, of Stockbridge, a retired operations and trust officer for the Berkshire Bank and Trust Co.in Pittsfield, died Monday in his home. Born in Andover, Mr. Ripley graduated from the Fessenden School in Newton in 1924, and from Phillips Academy in...