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John Muir (/ m jʊər / MURE; April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914), [1] also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", [2] was a Scottish-born American [3] [4]: 42 naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States.
John Muir (1918–1977) was a structural engineer who worked for National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), who "dropped out," 1960s-style, to become a writer and long-haired car mechanic with a garage in Taos, New Mexico, specializing in maintenance and repair of Volkswagens. [1] He was a distant relative of the naturalist John Muir. [2]
Margaret Elizabeth Thomas "Mardy" Murie (August 18, 1902 – October 19, 2003) was a naturalist, writer, adventurer, and conservationist. Dubbed the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement" [1] by both the Sierra Club [2] and the Wilderness Society, [3] she helped in the passage of the Wilderness Act, and was instrumental in creating the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
75 John Muir Quotes About Nature, Life and Adventure. Laura Beck. August 10, 2024 at 8:25 AM. Summertime is John Muir time. The Scottish-American naturalist and author, who lived from 1838 to 1914 ...
Fountain Lake Farm, also known as the Wisconsin Farm Home of John Muir, is a historic farm and National Historic Landmark in rural Montello, Wisconsin, United States. The landmark covers part of the farm that was the home of pioneering conservationist John Muir from 1849 to 1856 and 1860 to 1862. Covering 80 acres (32 ha), the landmarked area ...
The Wisconsin State Fair was held in Madison when the Carr family lived there. One exhibitor was a young man named John Muir who in his spare time on the family farm in Marquette County whittled a series of very clever clocks and similar devices. These caught the attention of Jeanne who saw in Muir intellectual gifts that she felt should be ...
The John Muir National Historic Site is located in the San Francisco Bay Area, in Martinez, Contra Costa County, California.It preserves the 14-room Italianate Victorian mansion where the naturalist and writer John Muir lived, as well as a nearby 325-acre (132 ha) tract of native oak woodlands and grasslands historically owned by the Muir family.
Sir John Muir, 1st Baronet (1828–1903) Lord Provost of Glasgow; Sir Alexander Kay Muir, 2nd Baronet (1868–1951) Sir John Harling Muir, 3rd Baronet (1910–1994) Richard James Kay Muir, presumed 4th Baronet (1939–2023) Ian Charles Muir, presumed 5th Baronet (born 1940) The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Andrew Hugh John ...