Henry david thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

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  • Born

  • Graduates

    Thoreau graduates from Harvard this year

  • Opens a school

    Thoreau decided to begin a school with his brother, John.

  • Ellen Sewall

    Henry and John both fall in love with Sewall

  • Proposals

    Both brothers proposed to Sewall, only to be rejected

  • John Dies

    John Thoreau dies from tetanus

  • New York

    Thoreau moves to New York to live with William Emerson

  • Walden Pond

    Thoreau moves into his hut on Walden Pond today.
  • Period: to

    Jailtime

    Thoreau spends time in jail for refusing to pay poll tax.

  • Leaves Walden Pond

  • Contracts Tuberculosis

  • Dies