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'''Henry David Thoreau (b. July 12, 1817 in ]; d. May 6, 1862 in Concord, Massachusetts)'''.Graduated from Harvard 1837. '''Henry David Thoreau''' (], ] - ], ]) was a noted American author and philosopher who is most famous for '']''.

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He was born in ] and graduated from Harvard in 1837.

⚫ Hailed by some as the first ] Thoreau was a profound philosopher on the human condition. His essay ] was inspirational for ] and ]. Most famous for '']'' published in ] which details two years and two months lived in the second growth forest around the shores of beautiful Walden Pond not far from his friends and family in Concord.

At various times Thoreau earned a living as a teacher, labourer, and by working at his family's pencil factory. He also invented a machine which simplified production while cutting manufacturing costs. At various times Thoreau earned a living as a teacher, labourer, and by working at his family's pencil factory. He also invented a machine which simplified production while cutting manufacturing costs.


He was a student and friend of ] and a ]. He was a student and friend of ] and a ].


A picture of Thoreau's grave in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (not the ]) of Concord, Massachusetts: Thoreau died in the city of his birth, Concord, and beow is a picture of Thoreau's grave in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (not the ]) of Concord, Massachusetts:


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'''Books by Thoreau'''


==Bibliography==
*(1839) A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers *(1839) A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers
*(1854) ] *(1854) ]

Revision as of 09:21, 21 December 2002

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was a noted American author and philosopher who is most famous for Walden.

He was born in Concord, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard in 1837.

Hailed by some as the first enviromentalist Thoreau was a profound philosopher on the human condition. His essay Civil Disobedience was inspirational for Tolstoy and Mohandas Gandhi. Most famous for Walden published in 1854 which details two years and two months lived in the second growth forest around the shores of beautiful Walden Pond not far from his friends and family in Concord.

At various times Thoreau earned a living as a teacher, labourer, and by working at his family's pencil factory. He also invented a machine which simplified production while cutting manufacturing costs.

He was a student and friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson and a Transcendentalist.

Thoreau died in the city of his birth, Concord, and beow is a picture of Thoreau's grave in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (not the famous Sleepy Hollow Cemetery) of Concord, Massachusetts:

Bibliography

  • (1839) A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers
  • (1854) Walden
  • (1863) Excursions
  • (1864) The Maine Woods
  • (1865) Cape Cod
  • (1881) Early Spring in Massachusetts
  • (1884) Summer
  • (1888) Winter
  • (1892) Autumn
  • (1894) Miscellanies
  • (1905) The First and Last Journeys of Thoreau, lately dicovered among his unpublished Journals and Manuscripts