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os'so-le, Marchioness, Sarah Margaret Fuller (1810-1850), an American writer. She was born at Cambridgeport, Massachusetts. Possessed of a brilliant intellect and an ardent temperament, Margaret Fuller, as she is called usually, is remarkable for her association with literary men and her influence upon literary and artistic taste, rather than for her own productions. In 1840-42 she was editor of the Dial. In 1844 she became literary critic of the New York Tribune. A few years later she visited Europe and married the Marquis d'Ossoli. She served in the Italian hospitals during the siege of 1849. She embarked with her husband and child for America, but suffered death by shipwreck almost in sight of port. Margaret Fuller was a friend and literary associate of Emerson. She belonged to the transcendental school of philosophers. Her books are collections of essays published originally in various periodicals. Among the titles are: Summer on the Lakes, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, and Papers on Literature and Art. See Channing; William H