A Simple Study on Henry David Thoreau(梭罗简单研究).docx

A Simple Study on Henry David Thoreau
关于亨利·戴维·梭罗的简单研究
学号:20120201246
姓名:丁琳
系别:12级外语系英语本科5班
A Simple Study on Henry David Thoreau
Abstract
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American philosopher, poet, and environmental scientist. He was a student of Ralph Waldo Emerson. He was regarded as an representative of transcendentalism. He advocate people to return to the conscience and to close to the nature On of his famous and important book is the Walden.
Key words
Learned,avoidant personality,indifferent to fame and fortune , disappointed in a love affair ,Walden
Henry David Thoreau was born David Henry Thoreau  in Concord, Massachusetts, into the "modest New England family "of John Thoreau (a pencil maker) and Cynthia Dunbar. His paternal grandfather was born in Jersey. His maternal grandfather, Asa Dunbar, led Harvard's 1766 student "Butter Rebellion "the first recorded student protest in the Colonies. David Henry was named after a recently deceased paternal uncle, David Thoreau. He did not e "Henry David" until after college, although he never petitioned to make a legal name change He had two older siblings, Helen and John Jr., and a younger sister, Sophia Thoreau's birthplace still exists on Virginia Road in Concord. The house has recently been restored by the Thoreau Farm Trust, a anization, and is now open to the public.
He studied at Harvard College between