Henry David Thoreau -------------------------------------------------------------------- June 12, 1817 -- May 6, 1862 Biography : ---------------------------------- Henry David Thoreau (see name pronunciation; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, 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 argument for disobedience to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry amount to more than 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, in which he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close observation of nature, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and Yankee attention to practical detail. He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time he advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs. From : Wikipedia.org Works : ---------------------------------- Author of Civil Disobedience (November 30, 1847) Author of Paradise (to be) Regained (November 30, 1842) Author of A Tribute to John Brown (November 30, 1858) Author of Walden (November 30, 1853) Author of Herald of Freedom (January 01, 1970) Author of Reform and the Reformers (January 01, 1970) Author of The Service (January 01, 1970) Author of Sir Walter Raleigh (January 01, 1970) Author of Slavery in Massachusetts (January 01, 1970) Author of Thomas Carlyle and His Works (January 01, 1970) Author of A Walk to Wachusett (January 01, 1970) Author of A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (January 01, 1970) Author of Wendell Phillips Before Concord Lyceum (January 01, 1970) Events : ---------------------------------- Henry David Thoreau's Birth Day : June 12, 1817 Henry David Thoreau's Death Day : May 06, 1862 Henry David Thoreau's Added : April 21, 2020 Henry David Thoreau's Updated : January 10, 2022 About This Textfile : ---------------------------------- Text file generated from : http://revoltlib.com/