John+Muir


 * John Muir **

John was an Engineer for the first part of his life. An Engineer is a person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works. After that he was a writer. And after that, he was a founder of a very successful club. April 21, 1838
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 * Birth **

December 24, 1914
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Dunbar East Lothian, Scotland John was the founder of the Sierra Club.
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 * What are they known for? **

John Muir founded the Sierra Club, which helps fight for the preservation of a lot of forests, dams, valleys, etc. An example of what the Sierra Club does and how passionate they are about what they do is when they fought for the protection of the Yosemite National. John went as far as getting President Roosevelt involved. He got Pres. Roosevelt out into the park to show him what he would be doing if he didn't protect the park.
 * Science Explained **

Before he got started with the wagon company, and the Sierra Club, he was an Engineer. He was inventing a lot of helpful things such as clocks and thermometers. Then he went to the wagon company, and then he founded the Sierra Club. Where did they work? He worked at the University of Wisconsin; he worked as a sawyer in a wagon company. He also worked on his own, writing and publishing books and journals.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Career **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">John published 47 writings. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">He climbed two mountains. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">He’s on the back of the California State Quarter <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The first clock his family ever had was the one John made out of wires and rocks. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">He has an asteroid named after him.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Did you know? **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Google Maps.‘ Dunbar East Lothian, Scotland.’ Sep. 2013. Web. Sep 10, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5;"> 2013.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">References **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Ito, Tom. John Muir. San Diego, CA: Lucent, 1996. Print.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">"John Muir." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2013. Web. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5;">6 Sep. 2013.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Keene, Ann T. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Earthkeepers: Observers and Protectors of Nature //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">. New <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5;"> York: Oxford UP, 1994. Print.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Wikipedia. "John Muir." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Sept. 2013. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5;">Web. 10 Sept. 2013.