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Apr 2, 2014 · American essayist, poet and practical philosopher, Henry David Thoreau was a New England Transcendentalist and author of the book 'Walden.' Updated: May 27, 2021. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty...
Thoreau’s Life. Henry David Thoreau lived in the mid-nineteenth century during turbulent times in America. He said he was born on July 12, 1817, “in the nick of time” in Concord, Massachusetts, during the flowering of America when the transcendental movement was taking root and when the anti-slavery movement was rapidly gaining momentum.
Henry David Thoreau is recognized as an important contributor to the American literary and philosophical movement known as New England transcendentalism. His essays, books, and poems weave together two central themes over the course of his intellectual career: nature and the conduct of life.
Thoreau’s two famous symbolic actions, his two years in the cabin at Walden Pond and his night in jail for civil disobedience, represent his personal enactment of the doctrines of New England Transcendentalism as expressed by his friend and associate Emerson, among others.
The American author Henry David Thoreau is best known for his magnum opus Walden, or Life in the Woods (1854); second to this in popularity is his essay, “Resistance to Civil Government” (1849), which was later republished posthumously as “Civil Disobedience” (1866).
Henry David Thoreau, (born July 12, 1817, Concord, Mass., U.S.—died May 6, 1862, Concord), U.S. thinker, essayist, and naturalist. Thoreau graduated from Harvard University and taught school for several years before leaving his job to become a poet of nature.
Henry David Thoreau - American essayist, philosopher, poet, pacifist, individualist. Born: July 12, 1817. Birthplace: Concord, Massachusetts. Died: May 6, 1862 (tuberculosis, age 44) Best Known Work: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Journal ... Henry D. Thoreau is one of America's most important 19th century literary figures.
