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Henry David Thoreau (David Henry Thoreau) was born on 12 July, 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA, is a Writer. Discover Henry David Thoreau's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of Henry David Thoreau networth?

Popular As David Henry Thoreau
Occupation writer
Age 45 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 12 July, 1817
Birthday 12 July
Birthplace Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Date of death 6 May, 1862
Died Place Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Nationality United States

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2017

Pictured on a USA nondenominated commemorative postage stamp issued 23 May 2017. Price on day of issue was 49¢.

1862

He died on May 6, 1862, and was laid to rest in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

1860

Nonfiction book: "Wild Fruits", written 1860, published 1999.

1849

His essay "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" (1849) was recognized by Lev Tolstoy, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Marcel Proust, Ernest Hemingway, Martin Luther King, and many others, as an important influence on their respective careers. Thoreau's writings evolved from his fascination with nature and natural way of life. His interest in natural history and travel narratives, like Darwin's and Bartram's, inspired many of his own works. His essays "Autumnal tints", "The Sucession of Trees", "Wild Apples", and the recently published "Faith in a Seed" make Thoreau one of the early American environmentalist.

1847

He left Walden Pond on September 6, 1847, and worked off his debt in a few years.

1845

On the 4-th of July, 1845, Thoreau embarked on his two-year experiment in simple living. He lived in a tiny self-built house on the shore of Walden Pond, on the land owned by Emerson on the outskirts of Concord. There Thoreau had an ideal environment for thinking and writing. However, he once spent a night in jail for refusing to pay six years of delinquent poll taxes. During that time he published an elegy to his late brother, putting himself into debt for years, because he paid all expenses out of pocket.

1843

His essay "A Walk to Wachussett" was published in the January 1843 issue of The Boston Miscellany.

Thoreau spent a few months later in 1843 in New York, tutoring Emerson's sons, and trying to be published.

1837

Surname pronounced Ther-ROW. He reversed the order of his first two names after graduating from Harvard in 1837.

1835

Thoreau suffered from tuberculosis, which he contracted in 1835. He also worked at his family's pencil factory for many years and seriously compromised his health by inhaling dust particles.

1822

He studied at Harvard from 1822-1837, majoring in English. Thoreau was a companion of Ralph Aldo Emerson, who patronized him and introduced him to some of the most important writers and thinkers of his time. Thoreau's early publications were made possible initially only after pressure from Emerson, who suggested that his apprentice should write his observations in his journal. Thoreau's principles of non-violence and his opposition to the Mexican-American War was also inspired by Emerson.

1817

David Henry Thoreau was born on July 12, 1817, in Concord, Massachusetts. He was the youngest of three children to John and Synthia Thoreau.