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  1. Apr 2, 2014 · Famous Authors & Writers. Abolitionists. Henry David Thoreau. American essayist, poet and practical philosopher, Henry David Thoreau was a New England Transcendentalist and author of...

  2. May 2, 2024 · Henry David Thoreau (born July 12, 1817, Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.—died May 6, 1862, Concord) was an American essayist, poet, and practical philosopher renowned for having lived the doctrines of Transcendentalism as recorded in his masterwork, Walden (1854), and for having been a vigorous advocate of civil liberties, as evidenced in the ...

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  4. Jun 30, 2005 · Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American philosopher, poet, environmental scientist, and political activist whose major work, Walden, draws upon each of these various identities in meditating upon the concrete problems of living in the world as a human being.

  5. Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist , [3] he is best known for his book Walden , a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay " Civil Disobedience " (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an ...

  6. Social reformer — Naturalist — Philosopher — Transcendentalist — Scientist — Writer. These are just some of the terms by which the work of Henry David Thoreau can be categorized. It is perhaps the many “lives” of Thoreau, both individually and collectively, that beckon such a diversity of people to his writings.

  7. Feb 13, 2020 · English. xx, 498 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 22 cm. In this widely acclaimed biography, an outstanding Thoreau scholar presents the culmination of a lifetime of research. This eminently readable work reveals Thoreau's manysidedness; famous and little-known incidents; and encounters with Hawthorne, Whitman, and other notables.

  8. Aug 1, 2021 · First published in 1854, Walden is an account of Thoreaus famous experiment in solitude: spending over two years alone in a cabin near the wilderness. Walden is broken into sections that meditate on single themes: economy, reading, sounds, solitude, visitors, and so on.

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