jan 1, 1854 - Walden written by Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12, 1817, in Concord, Massachusetts. He began writing nature poetry in the 1840s, with poet Ralph Waldo Emerson as a mentor and friend. In 1845 he began his famous two-year stay on Walden Pond, which he wrote about in his master work, Walden.Added to timeline:
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jan 1, 1854
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~ 172 years ago