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
- Walden Media, a film production company
[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 Kingdom:
- Little Walden, Essex
- Saffron Walden, Essex
- Walden, North Yorkshire
- Walden Head, North Yorkshire
- Walden Stubbs, North Yorkshire