Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau played a big part in American social and political culture through his philosophies and literary works. He authored the infamous Civil Disobedience and has referred to it as a revolutionary piece against the government’s unjust policies. Thoreau also receives credits as a proponent of transcendentalism. As he lived his life around his works and ideologies, marriage has not happened to him.

As per record, Thoreau has not married nor had any children. He is known to live a celibate life for his beliefs in asceticism. He has lived in solidarity away from many people as he lived in a cabin that he built in the woods and spent most of his time working on his pieces. Though evidence shows that Thoreau might have a different gender orientation, it was reputed by a letter he wrote for a woman he once asked for marriage.