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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.
Another Hindu pandit, whose name is unknown, wrote a Hindi-language critique of Muir's third edition of Matapariksha (1852-1854). This critique was published in Dharmādharma-parīkṣā-patra (1861), a Hindi-language collection of correspondence between an anonymous British Christian missionary and some Hindus on the relative merits of ...
Muir's main work is Original Sanskrit texts on the origin and history of the people of India, their religion and institutions (1852–1870), a study of the most important source texts of Indian cultural and religious history, with English language translation.
Summertime is John Muir time. The Scottish-American naturalist and author, who lived from 1838 to 1914, was an early advocate for wilderness preservation in the United States and is one of the ...
The Los Angeles Times recently posted a correction for a story 100 years after it initially appeared. A note was added to its obituary of famed naturalist John Muir, originally published on ...
In 1903 Roosevelt toured the Yosemite Valley with John Muir, who had a very different view of conservation, and tried to minimize commercial use of water resources and forests. Working through the Sierra Club he founded, Muir succeeded in 1905 in having Congress transfer the Mariposa Grove and Yosemite Valley to the federal government. [24]
These racist beliefs have been coined by historian Mark Spence as “the justifying myth”(544). [15] which the government's and preservationists like Muir’s used to rationalize their political ideologies towards native people. [15] John Muir is remembered because of his respect for the non-human world and his unique view of nature.
Bade also wrote the preface for Muir's Travels in Alaska and edited new versions of Muir's earlier books, leading to an 8-volume set The Writings of John Muir, and the two-volume biography Life and Letters of John Muir. [6] For the Life and Letters of John Muir Badè collected over 2000 letters from Muir's correspondents. He also worked out ...