Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, and naturalist, best known for his book Walden, which reflects on simple living in nature, and his essay 'Civil Disobedience,' advocating resistance to unjust government. A key figure in Transcendentalism and mentored by Ralph Waldo Emerson, he lived two years at Walden Pond, worked as a surveyor and abolitionist involved in the Underground Railroad, and filled journals with observations of Concord's flora and fauna. His ideas influenced figures like Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

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