Henry David Thoreau, an influential American thinker born in 1817, was deeply immersed in the transcendentalist movement, significantly shaped by his friendship with Ralph Waldo Emerson.
He attended Harvard College in 1833, yet he rejected the ordinary career parts like law or medicine or the church
Thoreau's father was a pencil maker and his moth took in boarders
Spiritual Beliefs
Thoreau then struck up a remarkable friendship with Ralph Waldo Emerson. Transcendentalism is a philosophy that emphasizes the importance of the spirtiual over the material when it comes to leading a fulfilling life. Emerson and his transcendtalism had a huge influence on Thoreau.
Influences
One of his essays became one of the most influential pieces of American political philosophy in history and influenced many. Example like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and the anti-natzi resistence
Year of Death: 1910
Year of Birth: 1817
Books he published
Thoreau has only written two books called "A Week
On the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" and "Walden;
or, Like in the Wood."
