Alfred, Lord Tennyson vs Henry David Thoreau
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Compare the life timelines of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) and Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 45 years, from 1817 to 1862.
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
- — Born in Somersby, Lincolnshire Verified
- — Entered Trinity College, Cambridge Verified
- — Won the Chancellor's Gold Medal for poetry Verified
- — Death of Arthur Hallam Verified
- — Published In Memoriam A.H.H. Verified
- — Married Emily Sellwood Verified
- — Appointed Poet Laureate Verified
- — Published The Charge of the Light Brigade Verified
- — Raised to the peerage as Baron Tennyson Verified
- — Died at Aldworth, Surrey Verified
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
- — Born in Concord, Massachusetts Verified
- — Studied at Harvard College Verified
- — Befriended Ralph Waldo Emerson Verified
- — Ran a school in Concord with his brother John Verified
- — Began his experiment at Walden Pond Verified
- — Jailed for refusing to pay the poll tax Verified
- — Published 'Civil Disobedience' Verified
- — Published Walden; or, Life in the Woods Verified
- — Died of tuberculosis in Concord Verified