John Muir

John Muir
John Muir
	John Muir, 1912
Lahir	21 April 1838; Dunbar, East Lothian, Skotlandia
Meninggal	24 Desember 1914 (umur 76); Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Pekerjaan	Teknisi, naturalis, penulis, botanis, geologis
Dikenal atas	Penemu Sierra Club
Suami/istri	Louisa Wanda Strentzel (1847-1905) (m. 1880⁠–⁠1905)
Anak	Wanda Muir Hanna (25 Maret 1881 – 29 Juli 1942) dan Helen Muir Funk (23 Januari 1886 – 7 Juni 1964)
Orang tua	Daniel Muir dan Ann Gilrye
Tanda tangan
	(2006) California Hall of Fame ;

John Muir adalah (21 April 1838 - 24 Desember 1914^[1]) adalah seorang naturalis Skotlandia kelahiran Amerika, penulis, dan advokat awal pelestarian hutan belantara di Amerika Serikat. Surat-suratnya, esai, dan buku-buku menceritakan petualangannya di alam, terutama di Sierra Nevada pegunungan California, telah dibaca oleh jutaan orang. Kegiatan aktivisnya membantu untuk melestarikan Lembah Yosemite, Taman Nasional Sequoia dan daerah padang gurun lainnya. The Sierra Club, yang didirikannya, kini salah satu organisasi konservasi paling penting di Amerika Serikat. Salah satu yang paling terkenal hiking trails di AS, 211 mil (340 km) John Muir Trail, dinamai untuk menghormatinya.^[2] Tempat-tempat lain dinamai untuk menghormatinya adalah Monumen Nasional Muir Woods, Pantai Muir, Universitas John Muir, Gunung Muir, Kamp Muir dan Gletser Muir.

Referensi

^ "John Muir". Encyclopedia of World Biography. Diakses tanggal 25 September 2010.
^ Wenk, Elizabeth; Morey, Kathy (2007). John Muir Trail: The Essential Guide to Hiking America's Most Famous Trail. Berkeley, CA: Wilderness Press. ISBN 0899974368.

Pustaka tambahan

Austin, Richard C. (1991). Baptized into wilderness: A Christian perspective on John Muir. Creekside Press. ISBN 0-9625831-2-X.
Ehrlich, Gretel (2000). John Muir: Nature's Visionary. National Geographic. ISBN 0-7922-7954-9.
Engberg, Robert and Donald Wesling, 1999. John Muir: To Yosemite and Beyond. University of Utah Press: Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-0-87480-580-2
Fleck, Richard F., ed., 1997. Mountaineering Essays. University of Utah Press: Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-0-87480-544-4.
Gifford, Terry (2011). John Muir's Literary Science. The Public Domain Review.
Miller, Char (2001). Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism. Island Press. ISBN 1-55963-822-2.
O'Casey, Terrence (September 24, 2006). "John Muir: God's Preacher of Creation". Christian Standard.
Smith, Michael B. (June 1998). "The Value of a Tree: Public Debates of John Muir and Gifford Pinchot". The Historian. 60 (4): 757–778. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.1998.tb01414.x. ISSN 0018-2370.
White, Graham (ed) (2009). Journeys in the Wilderness, A John Muir Reader. Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-697-8.
Williams, Dennis (2002). God's Wilds: John Muir's Vision of Nature. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 1-58544-143-0.
Witschi, N.S. (2002). Traces of Gold: California’s Natural Resources and the Claim to Realism in Western American Literature. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 0-8173-1117-3.
Worster, Donald (January 2005). "John Muir and the Modern Passion for Nature". Environmental History. 10 (1): 8–19. doi:10.1093/envhis/10.1.8.
Worster, Donald (2008). A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-516682-8.
Wuerthner, George (1994). Yosemite: A Visitor's Companion. Stackpole Books. hlm. 25–37. ISBN 0-8117-2598-7.
Young, Samuel Hall (1915). Alaska days with John Muir. Fleming H. Revell. , full text online