Walden (disambiguation)

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Walden:

• Walden Pond, a famous body of water in Massachusetts where Henry David Thoreau once lived.
• Walden; or, Life in the Woods, a famous book named after the pond above, written by American author Henry David Thoreau.
• The Walden School, a summer music composition camp located in Dublin, New Hampshire.
• Walden Seminary, the present Philander Smith College
• Walden University, an accredited online university specializing in professional graduate education.
• Walden College, a fictitious, third-rate, academic institution in the Doonesbury comics.
• Walden7 a peculiar building located in Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona, Spain

[edit] People

• Brian Walden (b. 1932), a British journalist and broadcaster.
• Herwarth Walden (1878-1941), a German art critic
• John Morgan Walden (1831-1914), a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Paul Walden (1863-1957), a Riga-born chemist
• Roger Walden, (d. 1406), an English treasurer and church figure.
• Rudolf Walden (1878-1946), a Finnish independence man, industrialist and a general, Minister of War during WWII.
• Viscount Walden (18241878), a Scottish soldier and ornithologist.

[edit] Place names

Walden may also refer to particular locations :

• In Canada:
  • Walden, Nova Scotia
  • Walden, Ontario, now part of the city of Greater Sudbury

• In the United States:
  • Walden, Colorado
  • Walden, New York
  • Walden, Tennessee
  • Walden, Vermont

• In the United Kingdom:
  • Little Walden, Essex
  • Saffron Walden, Essex
  • Walden, North Yorkshire
  • Walden Head, North Yorkshire
  • Walden Stubbs, North Yorkshire

[edit] See also

• Wald, Walde, Waldmann