Timeline Nathaniel Hawthorne

The life of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), the Salem-born author of The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables, whose tales of sin and guilt in old New England defined dark romanticism.

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1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne born in Salem Nathaniel Hawthorne is born in Salem, Massachusetts, a descendant of John Hathorne, a judge at the Salem witch trials.
1825 Hawthorne graduates from Bowdoin College Nathaniel Hawthorne graduates from Bowdoin College in Maine, where his classmates include Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Franklin Pierce.
1828 Hawthorne publishes Fanshawe Nathaniel Hawthorne pays to publish his first novel, Fanshawe, anonymously. He later tries to destroy every copy.
1837 Hawthorne publishes Twice-Told Tales Nathaniel Hawthorne's first collection of stories appears under his own name and is praised by Longfellow.
1841 Hawthorne joins Brook Farm Nathaniel Hawthorne invests in the utopian Brook Farm community near Boston, but leaves after a few months.
1842 Hawthorne marries Sophia Peabody Nathaniel Hawthorne marries the painter Sophia Peabody, and the couple move into the Old Manse in Concord.
1846 Hawthorne publishes Mosses from an Old Manse Nathaniel Hawthorne's second story collection appears, and he becomes surveyor of the Salem Custom House.
1850 Hawthorne publishes The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel of Hester Prynne in Puritan Boston is an immediate success and one of the first American mass-market books.
1850 Hawthorne meets Herman Melville Nathaniel Hawthorne meets Herman Melville on a picnic in the Berkshires. Melville later dedicates Moby-Dick to him.
1851 Hawthorne publishes The House of the Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel of an old Salem family and its inherited guilt is published.
1852 Hawthorne publishes The Blithedale Romance Nathaniel Hawthorne draws on Brook Farm for his third romance, and writes a campaign biography of his friend Franklin Pierce.
1853 Hawthorne becomes consul in Liverpool President Franklin Pierce appoints Nathaniel Hawthorne US consul in Liverpool, a post he holds for four years.
1860 Hawthorne publishes The Marble Faun After years in England and Italy, Nathaniel Hawthorne publishes his last completed romance, set in Rome.
1864 Nathaniel Hawthorne dies in Plymouth, New Hampshire Nathaniel Hawthorne dies in his sleep while travelling with Franklin Pierce. He is buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord.