""John Bascom, Prophet"" is a biography written by Sanford Robinson that chronicles the life and work of John Bascom, an influential American philosopher and educator of the 19th century. The book delves into Bascom's early life, his education at Williams College, and his eventual rise to prominence as a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Bascom's philosophical ideas, which were heavily influenced by transcendentalism and German idealism,...