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.

Aliases (2)

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	activist → conservationist → diarist → environmentalist → essayist → explorer → human → mountaineer → naturalist → writer →
burialPlace	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	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 →
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 → The Yosemite →
occupation	explorer → farmer → inventor → naturalist → writer →
placeOfActivity	Alaska, United States → American West → Sierra Nevada, California → Yosemite Valley, California →
placeOfBirth	Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland →
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States →
positionHeld	first president of the Sierra Club →
religion	Presbyterianism →
residence	California, United States → Martinez, California, United States → Wisconsin, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Louisa Wanda Strentzel →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf → My First Summer in the Sierra → Our National Parks → The Mountains of California →	author
John Muir Trail → John Muir Trust → John Muir Wilderness → Muir Woods National Monument →	namedAfter
Martinez, California →	associatedWithPerson
John Muir Trail →	eponym
Mount Ritter →	firstAscentBy
Sierra Club →	foundedBy
John Muir →	fullName
A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf →	hasCentralFigure
Muir →	hasNotableBearer
Sierra Club biographies →	includesSubject
Alexander von Humboldt →	influenced
Muir ("John Muir, American naturalist and conservationist") →	notableAssociation
Sierra Club →	notableMember
My First Summer in the Sierra ("John Muir's collected works") →	partOf
The Mountains of California →	writtenBy