Philosophers

Henry David Thoreau

Also Known As Henry Thoreau

Citation Formats

General Reference

Philosophy Atlas. "Henry David Thoreau." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/philosophers/henry-david-thoreau.

APA Style

Philosophy Atlas. (n.d.). Henry David Thoreau. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/philosophers/henry-david-thoreau

BibTeX

@misc{philosophyatlas-henry-david-thoreau,
  author = {Philosophy Atlas},
  title = {Henry David Thoreau},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/philosophers/henry-david-thoreau},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Author of Walden (1854) and of the 1849 essay known since his death as Civil Disobedience. A member of Emerson's Concord circle from the early 1840s, he lived for two years on land Emerson owned at Walden Pond and took Transcendentalist principle as a discipline of daily practice rather than a subject for lecture.

Facts

Birth Year

1817 1

Birth Date

1817-07-12 1

Death Year

1862 1

Death Date

1862-05-06 1

Tradition

Transcendentalism 1

Cross-Tradition Connections