Muir, John, 1838-1914
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Muir, John, 1838-1914
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Muir
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1838-1914
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Father of the National Parks, 1838-1914
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Father of the National Parks
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1838-1914
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John of the Mountains, 1838-1914
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John of the Mountains
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1838-1914
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Biographical History
John Muir (born April 21, 1838, Dunbar, Scotland – died December 24, 1914, Los Angeles, California), Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas.
The Sierra Club, which he founded, is now one of the most important conservation organizations in the United States. Correspondence, journals, manuscripts, notes, drawings, and photographs of and by the conservationist, an intellectual precursor of the modern ecology movement and a proponent of the expansion of the national park system.
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External Related CPF
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10580990
https://viaf.org/viaf/68933311
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q379580
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79078692
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n79078692
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/747
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Authors, American
Conservationists
Conservation of natural resources
Environmentalism
Environmentalism
Environmental protection
Ferns
Forest conservation
Forest reserves
Forestry law and legislation
Forests and forestry
Geological surveys
Glacial landforms
Glacial landforms
Hetch Hetchy Valley (Calif.)
Industrialists
National parks and reserves
National parks and reserves
National parks and reserves
National parks and reserves
Naturalists
Naturalists
Naturalists
Naturalists
Public lands
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) Description and travel
Sunday legislation
Vegetation surveys
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife conservationists
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
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Americans
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Naturalist
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Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
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California--Correspondence
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California
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Alaska
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California
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Alaska
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Hetch Hetchy Valley (Calif.)
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Yellowstone National Park
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Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
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Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
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Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
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Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
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Wisconsin
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Prairie du Chien (Wis.)
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Camp Randall
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California--Drawings
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Canada
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United States
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Canada
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Soviet Union
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Iowa
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California
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Hetch Hetchy Valley (Calif.)
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Mount Shasta (Calif.)
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Hetch Hetchy Resevoir (Calif.)
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California
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Alaska
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Alaska
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