John Muir
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His books, letters and essays describing his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley and Sequoia National Park, and his example has served as an inspiration for the preservation of many other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he co-founded, is a prominent American conservation organization. In his later life, Muir devoted most of his time to his wife and the preservation of the Western forests. As part of the campaign to make Yosemite a national park, Muir published two landmark articles on wilderness preservation in ''The Century Magazine'', "The Treasures of the Yosemite" and "Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park"; this helped support the push for US Congress to pass a bill in 1890 establishing Yosemite National Park. The spiritual quality and enthusiasm toward nature expressed in his writings has inspired readers, including presidents and congressmen, to take action to help preserve large nature areas.
John Muir has been considered "an inspiration to both Scots and Americans". Muir's biographer, Steven J. Holmes, believes that Muir has become "one of the patron saints of twentieth-century American environmental activity", both political and recreational. As a result, his writings are commonly discussed in books and journals, and he has often been quoted by nature photographers such as Ansel Adams. "Muir has profoundly shaped the very categories through which Americans understand and envision their relationships with the natural world", writes Holmes.
Muir was noted for being an ecological thinker, political spokesman, and environmental advocate, whose writings became a personal guide into nature for many people, making his name "almost ubiquitous" in the modern environmental consciousness. According to author William Anderson, Muir exemplified "the archetype of our oneness with the earth", while biographer Donald Worster says he believed his mission was "saving the American soul from total surrender to materialism". On April 21, 2013, the first John Muir Day was celebrated in Scotland, which marked the 175th anniversary of his birth, paying homage to the conservationist. Provided by Wikipedia
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150by Victoria L G Todd, William D Pearse, Nick C Tregenza, Paul A Lepper, Ian B Todd Todd, V L G Pearse, Tregenza W D, N C Lepper, P A, Todd, I B, John Muir, W D PearseGet access
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153by Fleishman, EricaContributors: “...CALIFORNIA UNIV DAVIS JOHN MUIR INST OF THE ENVIRONMENT...”
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154by Fleishman, EricaContributors: “...CALIFORNIA UNIV DAVIS JOHN MUIR INST OF THE ENVIRONMENT...”
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155by Fleishman, EricaContributors: “...CALIFORNIA UNIV DAVIS JOHN MUIR INST OF THE ENVIRONMENT...”
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156by Glover, Katherine C., MacDonald, Glen M., Kirby, Matthew E., Rhodes, Edward J., Stevens, Lora, Silveira, Emily, Whitaker, Alexis, Lydon, ScottContributors: “...UCLA Dept. of Geography John Muir Memorial Endowment...”
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