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Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts on July 12, 1817. ... Thoreau studied Latin and Greek grammar or composition for three of his four years. ... Thoreau chose to take Italian, French, German, and Spanish as his modern language. “He was never happy about the teaching methods used at Harvard--Ralph Waldo is supposed to have remarked that most of the branches of learning were taught at Harvard, and Thoreau to have replied, "Yes, all of the branches and none of the roots"--but he did appreciate the lifelong borrowing privileges at Harvard College Library for which his degree qualified him. ... ” (Witherell) Thoreau chose the path of a simple life and preferred a non-materialistic world. After college with his friend working in their set professions making huge amount of money, Thoreau with his brother decided to teach in a private school but it closed down.
After a brief stint as teacher, Thoreau worked in the family business, pencil making. ... Henry David Thoreau worked on the problem of making a better pencil out of inferior graphite. ... He made the Thoreau Company into Americas leading pencil maker
Writing about nature was Thoreau’s calling and his first chance was writing for Ralph Waldo Emerson. ... Thoreau moved in with Emerson to tutor his children but also spent time writing articles for Emerson’s magazine, The Dial.
Approximate Word count = 1061
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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