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Joseph Wood Krutch (/ k r uː tʃ /; [1] November 25, 1893 – May 22, 1970) was an American author, critic, and naturalist who wrote nature books on the American Southwest. He is known for developing a pantheistic philosophy.
John Allen Livingston (November 10, 1923 – January 17, 2006) was a Canadian naturalist, broadcaster, author, and teacher. [1] He was most known as the voice-over of the Hinterland Who's Who series of television zoological shorts in the 1960s.
He was called "a voice for the Hawaiian wilderness," [1] a "Guardian of the Koke'e Forest," [2] and as an educator, "the window through which thousands of Hawai'i students learned about Hawaiian birds, plants, marine creatures, climate and much more." [1] Boynton photographed a bird now believed extinct, the ʻŌʻōʻāʻā (Moho braccatus).
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.
After discovering an 1867 treatise by John Tyndall that a small and regulated flame could be extinguished by a sound of the appropriate frequency, he claimed to have developed the technique to do this with his voice. [5] He was also a skilled craftsman and an inventor. In 1924 he designed and patented a mechanized fruit and nut picker. [9]
Casey Anderson is an American filmmaker, wildlife naturalist, and television presenter known for translating human relationships with the natural world and wild animals to various audiences.
Apr. 28—For more than 40 years, Susan Biggs Warner has taught and conducted programs for children and adults about herbs, cooking, wildlife, local history and numerous other topics, such as cicadas.
Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism.