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Thoreau was born in Concord,MA
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Went to Harvard College
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Graduated from Harvard College
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Established a school with his brother John
Exact date unknown. Thoreau and his brother worked together up until his brother became severely ill in 1841, in which the school closed as it was too much for Thoreau to handle. -
Traveled to Walden Pond, there he wrote his first novel
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Essay "Nature" published by his mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Published the essay "Resistance to Civil Government" ("Civil Disobedience")
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Thoreau's first novel "A Week on the Concord in Merrimack Rivers"
Novel was inpired by the time Thoreau spent with his brother on a boating trip in 1839. Exact date publisshed is unknown -
Wrote "Slavery in Massachusetts"
Exact date unknown .Thoreau was a dedicated abolitionist during his life time -
"Walden" Published
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Dies from Tuberculosis
Buried in family plot.
