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Born July 12, 1817 • Concord • Massachusetts
Died May 6, 1862 (aged 44) • Concord • Massachusetts
Founder “The Dial”
Awards And Honors Hall of Fame (1960)
Notable Works “Civil Disobedience” • “The Maine Woods” • “Walden”
Movement / Style American Renaissance • Transcendentalism
Subjects Of Study civil disobedience

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