Gifford Pinchot

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Gifford Pinchot was an American forester and politician who pioneered the conservation movement and became the first Chief of the U.S. Forest Service.

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instanceOf conservationist
forester
human
politician
appointedBy Theodore Roosevelt
awardReceived John Muir Award (posthumous recognitions and honors in conservation)
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1865-08-11
dateOfDeath 1946-10-04
educatedAt French forestry schools
Yale University
employer United States Forest Service
endTime 1910 (as Chief of the U.S. Forest Service)
1927 (first term as Governor of Pennsylvania)
1935 (second term as Governor of Pennsylvania)
familyName Pinchot
givenName Gifford
influenced American conservation policy
influencedBy Theodore Roosevelt
knownFor advocating sustainable use of natural resources
leading the early American conservation movement
pioneering scientific forestry in the United States
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
movement conservation movement
notableWork Breaking New Ground
The Fight for Conservation
occupation author
conservationist
forester
politician
placeOfBirth Simsbury, Connecticut NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
positionHeld Chief of the United States Forest Service
Governor of Pennsylvania
sexOrGender male
startTime 1905 (as Chief of the U.S. Forest Service)
1923 (first term as Governor of Pennsylvania)
1931 (second term as Governor of Pennsylvania)
workedOn development of national forest policy
expansion of the U.S. national forests


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