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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. His contemporaries and sometimes-neighbors include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bronson Alcott, Margaret Fuller, and his mentor, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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.

As a social reformer whose words echo the principles on which the United States was founded — that it is a person’s duty to resist injustice where it is foun Short biography of a student.