![]() ![]() With his brother John, he set up a school in 1838. Other college graduates went into education, a path he briefly followed. At the time, an educated man like Thoreau might pursue a career in law or medicine or in the church. He graduated from college in 1837 and struggled with what do to next. According to some reports, Thoreau had to take a break from his schooling for a time because of illness. ![]() There he studied Greek and Latin as well as German. His father operated a local pencil factory, and his mother rented out parts of the family's home to boarders.Ī bright student, Thoreau eventually went to Harvard College (now Harvard University). He was born and raised in Concord, Massachusetts, along with his older siblings John and Helen and younger sister Sophia. One of America's most famous writers, Henry David Thoreau is remembered for his philosophical and naturalist writings. ![]() He also became known for his beliefs in Transcendentalism and civil disobedience and was a dedicated abolitionist. ![]() In 1845 he began his famous two-year stay on Walden Pond, which he wrote about in his masterwork, Walden. Henry David Thoreau began writing nature poetry in the 1840s, with poet Ralph Waldo Emerson as a mentor and friend. ![]()
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