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Thoreau, Henry David

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  1. A nineteenth-century American author and proponent of transcendentalism. Thoreau was a strong advocate of individual rights and an opponent of social conformity. His best-known works are the book Walden and the essay “Civil Disobedience.”

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Thoreau, Henry David: Walden, a vivid book of outdoor life.

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Thoreau, Henry David, member of the New England group of authors, 75, 76.

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Thoreau, Henry David, born at Concord, Mass., July 12, 1817; died May 6, 1862.

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