See Also: Ripley, George(encyclopedia)
Ripley County Memorial Hospital(health)
Lloyd George of Dwyfor, David Lloyd George, Earl(encyclopedia)
Fox, George(dictionary)
George I(encyclopedia)
Fox, George(medicine)
George II(encyclopedia)
George III(encyclopedia)
George IV(encyclopedia)
George V(encyclopedia)

Ripley, George (sh)




born Oct. 3, 1802, Greenfield, Mass., U.S.
died July 4, 1880, New York, N.Y.

U.S. journalist and reformer.

He became a Unitarian minister after graduating from Harvard Divinity School. A member of the Transcendental Club and an editor of The Dial, its literary magazine, he founded the utopian community Brook Farm in 1841 and served as its director and leading promoter. When it closed in 1847, he took a job with the New York Tribune to pay off its debts. His own financial position did not become secure until he published The Cyclopedia (1862), a popular reference book.