Walden (disambiguation)

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Walden may refer to:

• Walden Pond, a famous body of water in Massachusetts where Henry David Thoreau once lived
• Walden (full title: Walden; or, Life in the Woods), a famous book named after the pond above, written by American author Henry David Thoreau
• Walden Two, a book by B.F. Skinner

Contents 1 People 2 Place names 3 Education 4 Other uses 5 See also

[edit] People

• Brian Walden (b. 1932), a British journalist and broadcaster
• Frederick (Fanny) Walden (b. 1888) an English footballer, cricketer and cricket Test Match umpire
• Greg Walden, a United States politician
• Henry Walden (1883–1968), an early US aeronautical engineer and builder of the first US monoplane in 1909
• Herwarth Walden (1878–1941), a German art critic
• John Morgan Walden (1831–1914), a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Lionel Walden (1861-1933), American painter
• Patrick Walden, a former guitarist of Babyshambles
• 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 World War II
• Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale (Viscount Walden, 1824–1878), a Scottish soldier and ornithologist

[edit] Place names

• In Canada:
  • Walden, Nova Scotia
  • Walden, Ontario, now part of the city of Greater Sudbury
  • Walden, Calgary, a community in Calgary, Alberta
• In the United States:
  • Walden, Colorado
  • Walden, New York
  • Walden, Tennessee
  • Walden, Vermont
  • Walden Galleria, a shopping mall in Buffalo, New York
• In the United Kingdom:
  • Little Walden, Essex
  • Saffron Walden, Essex
  • Walden, North Yorkshire
  • Walden Head, North Yorkshire
  • Walden Stubbs, North Yorkshire

[edit] Education

• Walden III Middle/High School Secondary School in Racine, Wisconsin
• The Walden School, a summer music composition camp located in Dublin, New Hampshire
• Walden Seminary, the present Philander Smith College, in Little Rock, Arkansas
• Walden University, an accredited online university specializing in professional graduate education
• Walden University (Tennessee), a now defunct university that operated from 1868 to 1925 in Nashville, Tennessee.
• Walden College, a fictitious, third-rate, academic institution in the Doonesbury comics

[edit] Other uses

• Walden7, a peculiar building located in Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona, Spain
• Walden Media, a film production company
• Waldenbooks, an American mall-based book store
• Walden (film) a 1969 Lithuania avant-garde film

[edit] See also

• Wald (disambiguation)
• Walde
• Waldmann