John Muir

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activist conservationist diarist environmentalist essayist explorer human mountaineer naturalist writer

John Muir was a pioneering Scottish-American naturalist, writer, and conservationist whose advocacy helped establish the U.S. national parks system and the modern environmental movement.

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Label	Occurrences
John Muir canonical	49
John Muir's collected works	1
John Muir, American naturalist and conservationist	1
naturalist John Muir	1

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instanceOf	activist ⓘ conservationist ⓘ diarist ⓘ environmentalist ⓘ essayist ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ mountaineer ⓘ naturalist ⓘ writer ⓘ
burialPlace	Martinez, California ⓘ surface form: Martinez, California, United States
causeOfDeath	pneumonia ⓘ
child	Helen Muir ⓘ Wanda Muir ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1838-04-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1914-12-24 ⓘ
describedBySource	Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ surface form: Encyclopædia Britannica National Park Service ⓘ Sierra Club biographies ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
employer	self-employed ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Scottish American ⓘ
familyName	Muir ⓘ
fieldOfWork	conservation ⓘ ecology ⓘ environmental ethics ⓘ natural history ⓘ
founded	Sierra Club ⓘ
fullName	John Muir self-link ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
hasHonor	John Muir National Historic Site established at his home in Martinez ⓘ John Muir Trail named after him ⓘ John Muir Wilderness named after him ⓘ Muir Woods National Monument named after him ⓘ called the "Father of the National Parks" ⓘ
influenced	American conservation policy ⓘ Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ modern environmentalism ⓘ
knownFor	advocacy for creation of U.S. national parks ⓘ founding role in the Sierra Club ⓘ influencing establishment of Sequoia National Park ⓘ influencing establishment of Yosemite National Park ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Sierra Club ⓘ
movement	conservation movement ⓘ environmental movement ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Scots ⓘ Scottish English ⓘ
notableWork	A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf ⓘ My First Summer in the Sierra ⓘ Our National Parks ⓘ The Mountains of California ⓘ Yosemite Valley ⓘ surface form: The Yosemite
occupation	explorer ⓘ farmer ⓘ inventor ⓘ naturalist ⓘ writer ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Alaska ⓘ surface form: Alaska, United States western United States ⓘ surface form: American West Sierra Nevada ⓘ surface form: Sierra Nevada, California Yosemite Valley ⓘ surface form: Yosemite Valley, California
placeOfBirth	Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
positionHeld	first president of the Sierra Club ⓘ
religion	Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterianism
residence	California, United States ⓘ Martinez, California ⓘ surface form: Martinez, California, United States Wisconsin ⓘ surface form: Wisconsin, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Louisa Wanda Strentzel ⓘ

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