Properties (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Person
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Concord,_Massachusetts
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| gptkbp:birthDate |
1817-07-12
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| gptkbp:burialPlace |
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
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| gptkbp:contribution |
Nature writing
Social critique Philosophical essays |
| gptkbp:deathDate |
1862-05-06
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| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Harvard_University
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| gptkbp:famousQuote |
"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately." "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth." |
| gptkbp:fullName |
gptkb:John_Thoreau_Jr.
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
John Thoreau Jr.
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| gptkbp:influenced |
Literature
Civil Disobedience Environmentalism Social movements Political thought Modern environmental movements American_culture |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
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| gptkbp:knownFor |
Transcendentalism
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| gptkbp:nationality |
American
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| gptkbp:notableEvent |
Publication of 'Civil Disobedience' in 1849
Publication_of_'Walden'_in_1854 |
| gptkbp:notableWork |
gptkb:The_Journal_of_Henry_David_Thoreau
gptkb:Cape_Cod gptkb:Walden gptkb:A_Week_on_the_Concord_and_Merrimack_Rivers gptkb:The_Writings_of_Henry_D._Thoreau Walking Excursions Life Without Principle The Maine Woods The Succession of Forest Trees The Dispersion of Seeds Wild_Fruits |
| gptkbp:occupation |
Naturalist
Philosopher Writer |
| gptkbp:parent |
gptkb:Cynthia_Thoreau
gptkb:John_Thoreau_Sr. |
| gptkbp:sibling |
gptkb:John_Thoreau_Sr.
Helen_Thoreau |
| gptkbp:spouse |
Not married
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