Sophia thoreau biography

Sophia - born two hundred years ago (June 24, ) - was the person most responsible for making Henry David Thoreau posthumously famous. Henry was one of four children born to John and Cynthia (Dunbar) Thoreau, in birth order Helen, John Jr., HDT and Sophia.

None of them married.

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All of them taught at one time in their lives. All died relatively young, even for that era: Helen at age 37, tuberculosis, John Jr. at age 26, tetanus, HDT at age Sophia survived her famous brother by 14 years before dying at age 57, from tuberculosis.

   

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Sophia was two years younger than Henry David. While Helen was described as the quiet Thoreau, Sophia was known to be talkative and opinionated, with a dramatic wit.

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Their mother and their aunts were all active abolitionists and members of the Concord Ladies&#; Antislavery Society. Sophia and her sister also belonged to the Middlesex County Antislavery Society. At an convention they si