Who was Henry David Thoreau and what was his significance?

American essayist, poet, and practical philosopher Henry David Thoreau is renowned for having lived the doctrines of Transcendentalism as recorded in his masterwork, Walden (1854). He was also an advocate of civil liberties, as evidenced in the essay “Civil Disobedience” (1849).

Explanation:

Henry David Thoreau was a philosopher, writer, and leading transcendentalist (Transcendentalism is a philosophy that developed in New England around 1836).

Thoreau's significance is that he is best known for his philosophical and naturalist writings, one famous example being Walden where Thoreau reflects upon living simply while being in natural surroundings, which he worked on while he stayed and lived in a cabin in Walden Pond (which is in Concord, Massachusetts).

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