Actor Cheyenne Jackson turns 50 and NBA player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander turns 27, among famous birthdays for July 12.

Henry David Thoreau rose with the winter sun for his morning excursion. He set out along the old Indian paths winding their way through the woods, made newly visible by the light snow that had ...

Teri Pabst was one of the victims of Tuesday's double homicide in the Town of Middleton Tuesday. But before that, she was a special education teacher at ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Described by a contemporary as “the apostle of individuality in an age of association and compromise,” author Henry ...

Henry David Thoreau’s Walden offers a profound and enduring vision for how humanity might live more harmoniously with the natural world—a vision that remains as compelling today as it was in 1854.

Henry David Thoreau, writer, naturalist, and philosopher, was born in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1817. When he graduated from Harvard in 1837, jobs were scarce, as a great economic downturn had ...

That got me thinking that Thoreau should be the fourth instalment of my Historical Heroes series wherein I take admirable ...

Learn more about Henry David Thoreau Elementary here - See an overview of the school, get student population data, enrollment information, test scores and more.

Henry David Thoreau’s river journals from the 19th century are now helping scientists understanding the effects of climate change on New England's seasons. Thoreau's meticulous notes on river ...

Over 50 volunteer readers, including "Henry," will participate in 5- to 10-minute readings over two days of Thoreau's famed accounts of the Cape.

Through Emerson, Thoreau became involved in the transcendentalist movement, a discipline promoting self-education and the development of the individual.