Jan 3, 2010
Article abstract: Combining his skills as a scientist, explorer, and writer, Muir played a significant role in the conservation movement and in the development of the United States National Park system.
John Muir was born April 21, 1838, in Dunbar, Scotland. His mother, Ann Gilrye Muir, would give birth to three sons and five daughters, John being the eldest son and the third child. She married Daniel Muir, who as a child grew up under the harshest poverty imaginable. He eventually gained stature as a middle-class grain merchant and became a...
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