Henry David Thoreau - Essayist Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau http://www.thoreausociety.org/life-legacy http://www.biography.com/people/henry-david-thoreau-9506784 http://thoreau.eserver.org/ http://transcendentalism-legacy.tamu.edu/authors/thoreau/ https://www.walden.org/thoreau/ Born: July 12, 1817, Concord, MA Died: May 6, 1862, Concord, MA Influenced: Leo Tolstoy, John Zerzan, Mahatma Gandhi, More Essays: Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, More Quotes by Henry: http://bitbin.it/U0T42jXN/